uh no. You see, the only reason this is difficult for you to understand is because you have been so heavily influenced by pseudo-religious pseudo-intellectual garbage from pagans in costumes.
Uh..... with a statement like this, I can see that your knowledge of Catholicism is very limited, as are your manners.
The Bible does not teach us to pray to anyone but the Father/Son.
So let me guess, you are a believer of the unbiblical doctrine of Sola Scriptura, yes/no? You also seem to have forgotten James 5:16-18: 'The prayer of the good man has powerful effect." In other words, the most powerful intercessors in the Church are those most advanced in holiness. And who is more advanced in holiness than a soul who is already fully sanctified and in heaven?
Also W-E, if you truely believe what you say here, you might want to refrain from praying the Lords Prayer. The reason I say this is because the entire second part of the Lord's prayer is intercessory prayer where we pray for ourselves and others (us, we, and our)
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.
Something you might want to think about next time you pray it.
Whatever you consider to be "worship" obviously has to fit in your tiny definition of worship. Yet creating statues and parading them around in front of millions of people who cry and bow down before it is worship as far as I am concerned.
Pretty bold statement here, care to back it up? If you are so sure of what you say is true, take it to the next level and accept my challenge. Here... I'll repeat it for you.
"Show me any where in Catholic doctrine that is imprimatur, where it says that Catholics believe that Mary is equal to God and we are to worship her, the saints/ the Pope, Statues/ icons, ect. anything or anyone other than God. If you can do that, I will denounce my Catholic faith and will join whatever church it is you belong. (What church might that be?) However, if you cannot, you would have to publicly admit on this forum that the Protestant/non-Catholic belief that Catholics worship Mary is a bald face lie. Willing to accept this challenge?"
Praying to someone who is dead, implies that they have some sort of ability to hear those prayers... It implies that the person is not dead and has some sort of omnipotence to receive those prayers. Asking for her to help you out, is a slap in the face to the Father, Christ and the Holy Spirit.
I'm afraid not, asking a person to pray for you in no way violates Christ’s mediatorship, as can be seen from considering the way in which Christ is a mediator. First, Christ is a unique mediator between man and God because he is the only person who is both God and man. He is the only bridge between the two, the only God-man. But that role as mediator is not compromised in the least by the fact that others intercede for us. Furthermore, Christ is a unique mediator between God and man because he is the Mediator of the New Covenant (Heb. 9:15, 12:24), just as Moses was the mediator (Greek
mesitas) of the Old Covenant (Gal. 3:19–20).
But so is every other aspect of Catholicism so what difference does it make
And of course you can show proof of this.
So by bringing up these passages W-E, I'm guessing that you object to asking our fellow Christians in heaven to pray for us by declaring that God has forbidden contact with the dead in passages such as Deuteronomy? Well, fact is he has not, because he at times has given it—for example, when he had Moses and Elijah appear with Christ to the disciples on the Mount of Transfiguration (Matt. 17:3). What God has forbidden is necromantic practice of conjuring up spirits.
God thus indicates that one is not to conjure the dead for purposes of gaining information; one is to look to God’s prophets instead. Thus one is not to hold a seance. So come on W-E, anyone with an ounce of common sense can discern the vast qualitative difference between holding a seance to have the dead speak through you and say a son humbly saying at his mother’s grave, "Mom, please pray to Jesus for me; I’m having a real problem right now." The difference between the two is the difference between night and day. One is an occult practice bent on getting secret information; the other is a humble request for a loved one to pray to God on one’s behalf.
Pax Christi
"From henceforth, all generations shall call me Blessed." ----Luke 1:48
When was the last time you did?
