catholics a question for ya?

Question

why do catholics worship the virgin mary and the saints?

i am a protestant an we believe the only mediator between god and man is his son jesus christ..

aqua!! i dont have enemies i am a peace loving man...and i dont know bcos am not catholic thats why am asking.so get off your soap box.

the mother of god? why is she known as the mother of god?

Answer 1

this is what always got me when i was catholic, the excuse is THEY PRAY THROUGH them, which is nonsense, i always said theres no need to confess sins to anyone but God himself, theres no need to pray to anyone but God Himself or worship anyone but Him

Answer 2

I am not a Catholic, I am not a Protestant, both you and Catholics are Christians, or are you?
Do both of your 'sects' believe that God and Jesus are the same thing? If not why not?
And if you do both believe this then why do either of you need a 'mediator', to speak to God ?
The thing that really bugs me is that all Christians believe that 'There is but one God'!!
Muslims also belive the same thing 'There is but one God' do all the fancy bits in between really matter enough to keep blowing each others brains out?
Why not combine your bile and just pick on us atheists?

Answer 3

Worship is a very strong word. As Catholics, we follow the Ten Commandments like other Christians and it clearly states that we are not to have any other God besides the One true Being.
We revere Mary because of the role she played in the history of religion. She was pure and without sin - the only true human to have that distinction. She was young and frightened, but her faith proved to be strong and unwavering. We celebrate her Ascension into heaven (it's one of our holy days). We don't worship her, but we certainly do not ignore her.
As far as the Saints are concerned, we believe that God holds them in a high esteem as far as what they have done to advance the word of God and the faith in general. (You might have heard about the Choirs of Angels and the Communion of Saints). When we are confirmed, we choose a saint who we would like to emulate b/c we believe that that particular saint embodies something important in terms of our personal convictions or vocations. We DO NOT worship the saints. We pray to them sometimes for guidance and some folks believe that the saints will intervene on their behalf when it comes to petitioning God during prayer.
In both cases, the only One we worship is God Himself.

Answer 4

For The 100th time! Catholics do not worship Mother Mary nor the saints!!!

Answer 5

we live by exampling them. why are you ask this kind of question? it is commonsense, around this universe there is o lot of religion we see and hear. some of them is going too far but that is what they believe. don,t you know in my country there ,s a religion that let their children doing what ever they like even it is 100% wrongly and away from christianity life. sometime we have too use our brand to think the correct think that is good for you and your family. that is why we worship virgin mary ,we want the way she teach and rise her chilld . the saints is a good example also to run our livestyle in this worldly dailylife. for more information you can ask catholics near you.

Answer 6

We also believe that Jesus is our only mediator with God.

Intercession, however, is different.

"Teach us how to pray," the disciples said to Jesus. (Luke 11, 1)

Jesus answered by teaching them the prayer we call the Our Father or The Lord's Prayer.

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come,
thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give US this day OUR daily bread.
Forgive US OUR trespasses,
as WE forgive those who trespass against US.
And lead US not into temptation,
but deliver US from evil.

The entire second part of the Lord's prayer is intercessory prayer where we pray for ourselves and others (us, we, and our).

Christians praying for each other and the world is intercessory prayer and is accepted and practiced by all Christian denominations (that I know about).

Before Jesus Christ died for our sins and opened the gates of heaven there were no saints in heaven. Therefore there are no Old Testament writings that would mention them.

Very few of the new Christians died before most of the New Testament was written. Therefore there is little in the Bible about asking saints to pray for us.

However the last book of the Bible does talk about the saints in heaven praying.

Revelation 5:8: Each of the elders held a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the holy ones.

Revelation 8:3-4: He was given a great quantity of incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the holy ones, on the gold altar that was before the throne. The smoke of the incense along with the prayers of the holy ones went up before God from the hand of the angel.

The Holy Spirit guided the early Church in many things not explained in the Bible including how does the Body of Christ (believers) living on Earth relate to the Body of Christ (saints) living in heaven. We are still one Body.

Catholics share the belief in the Communion of Saints with many other Christians, including the Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Episcopal, and Methodist Churches.

The Communion of Saints is the belief where all saints are intimately related in the Body of Christ, a family. When you die and go to heaven, you do not leave this family.

Everyone in heaven or on their way to heaven are saints, you, me, my deceased grandmother, Mary the mother of Jesus, Mother Teresa and Pope John Paul II.

As part of this family, you may ask your family and friends living here on earth to pray for you. Or, you may also ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Andrew, or your deceased grandmother living in heaven to pray for you.

Prayer to saints in heaven is simple communication, not worship.

And prayer to the saints is optional not required.

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 946 and following: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt3art9p5.htm#946

With love in Christ.

Answer 7

They not only worship the vigin mary they have given her the status 'Mother of God' which is truly weird.
How the hell do I know why ..?

Answer 8

You have to know your enemy before you have a chance of destroying it. You obviously have no idea whatsoever about the beliefs and practices of your enemy. You are quite ignorant. They win pal, and that's why they have been in business for two millennia. How old is your denomination? lol

Answer 9

Don't believe everything Jack Chick tells you.

Answer 10

we don't worship them, we ask them to pray for us since they are in heaven with God.

Answer 11

They don't worship them.
They ask for help from them, but do not worship them.