Do catholics pray to God or Mary more

Why do Catholics pray to Mary instead of God?

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because they believe Mary will intercede for them.

Why do some catholics pray to saints and Mary besides God and Jes…?

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The problem is with the word “pray.” Pray to non-Catholics is synonymous with worship. Since they never pray to anyone except God, they assume that all prayer equals worship. However, it does not. The original meaning and use of t…

Why do Roman Catholics pray not just to God, but also to the Virg…?

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Yup Catholics do that biblical thing Pray to Mary and not only Mary but the Saints for their intersession. And yes its very biblical for those who say their can be only one Mediator between God and Man you are correct. But what does it say …

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Where do Muslims & Budhists go when they die ? Why do Catholics pray to Mary and not directly to Jesus or God?

Q: Im only asking a question here and do not mean to offend anyone in the process. Im a Christian Protestant and just one day wondered where Muslims and Budhists go when they die ? None of them believe in Jesus Christ. Muslims believe in God but Budhists do not believe in anyone. Another question I have. I know Mary is Jesus’ mother. In the Catholic church, why do they pray to Mary to get to Jesus ? Why cant Catholics pray to God or to Jesus directly without going through Mary ? God and Jesus are holy, Mary was a normal person like everyone of us. Whats with all the candles they light when they pray and whats with the little smoke thingy the priest and pope swings around ?PLEASE GIVE LOTS OF ANSWERS AND YOUR OPINIONS ARE MORE THEN WELCOME !

A: Non-Christians’ Final DestinationMany Christians say that anyone that does not believe in Jesus Christ will go to hell. The Catholic Church believes that Baptism is necessary for salvation for those who have heard the Gospel and have had the opportunity of asking for Baptism.Therefore- Those who die for the sake of the faith without being baptized are baptized by their death for Christ. This is called Baptism of blood.- Those who die while preparing for Baptism are assured salvation. This is Baptism of desire.- Those who die never hearing of Christ but have sought the truth and do the will of God, as they understand it can be saved. This is also Baptism of desire.- Children who have died without Baptism are entrusted to the mercy of God.Mary and the SaintsCatholics can and do talk directly to God.Sometimes Catholics talk (pray) to Mary and the saints for the same reason as we talk to other people. To say “hi,” tell our problems, or ask them to pray for us. Catholics and many other Christians believe in the Communion of Saints 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, and Mother Teresa. As part of this family, you may ask your family and friends here on earth to pray for you. Or you may also ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Andrew, or your deceased grandmother in heaven to pray for you.Candles and IncenseCandles, not only in lighting the table of the Last Supper, symbolize the light of Christ shining in the darkness of sin and death.The use of incense goes back to the Jewish worship of God before Christ. It symbolizes our prayers rising to God.With love in Christ.

why do catholics pray to mary?

Q: The Bible nowhere instructs believers in Christ to pray to anyone other than God. The Bible nowhere encourages, or even mentions, believers asking individuals in Heaven for their prayers. Why, then, do many Catholic pray to Mary and/or the saints, or request their prayers? Catholics view Mary and saints as “intercessors” before God. They believe that a saint, who is glorified in Heaven, has more “direct access” to God than we do. Therefore, if a saint delivers a prayer to God, it is more effective than us praying to God directly. This concept is blatantly unbiblical. Hebrews 4:16 tells us that we, believers here on earth, can “…approach the throne of grace with confidence…”1 Timothy 2:5 declares, “For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” There is no one else that can mediate with God for us. If Jesus is the ONLY mediator, that indicates Mary and saints cannot be mediators. They cannot mediate our prayer requests to God. Further, the Bible tells us that Jesus Christ Himself is interceding for us before the Father, “Therefore He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for them” (Hebrews 7:25). With Jesus Himself interceding for us, why would we need Mary or the saints to intercede for us? Who would God listen to more closely than His Son? Romans 8:26-27 describes the Holy Spirit interceding for us. With the 2nd and 3rd members of the Trinity already interceding for us before the Father in Heaven, what possible need could there be to have Mary or the saints interceding for us?

A: Exactly!.. Jesus Christ is the sole mediator, so forget religion. Bottom line, listen to God alone. This is what Jesus commanded us regarding prayersMatthew 11:28 says,”Come to ME, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. He did not say through Mary nor anyone else.Matthew 6:6 says,”But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your FATHER, who is unseen. Then your FATHER, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” He did not say through someone…Same goes for the “confession of sins”.. I do not understand why they need to go to a priest and tell all their sins to a priest and not God directly. The Bible says, “If we confess our sins, HE is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” – 1 John 1:9 again He did not say through someone.Anything beyond what the Word of God teaches must be tested. The Bible says “test everything!” and the Bible warned us about such. that’s all!p.s. I disagree with Wolfeblayde. We are simply quoting the Bible verses and she is calling us arrogant. She can clearly see that you have the quotes from the Bible that Jesus is the mediator “and” the intercessor, but she changed those according to her own opinion.To Intercede = to plead or make a request in behalf of another or others;To Mediate = to be the medium for bringing about (a result), conveying (an object), communicating (information)

Show Me Where Catholics Pray To Mary?

Q: As far as I can tell, they aren’t doing anything more than ASKING Mary to pray for THEM. Seems to me that every religious person at one time or another has asked someone to pray for them.So let’s see where the Catholics actually pray to Mary as though she were God Himself? Show me the prayer.Athena, calling her the mother of God is not praying to her. What’s the problem here? It’s a simple request. SHOW ME THE PRAYER where the Catholics pray to Mary as though she were God.To Only Begotten: I said SHOW ME the prayer where they pray to Mary as though she is God. You fail.To David: Same thing. You fail. SHOW ME the prayer that Catholics say that is praying to Mary as though she is God. It’s a simple request people.Old Timer, LOOKS like is not the same thing as DOING. Would you want people to mistake something serious about you?Again. SHOW ME the prayer. That’s all Im asking. I’d think this would be fairly simple.Athena, that’s not praying to Mary as though she is God. Show me the prayer.No, bowing to anyone or anything is not worshipping it. People bow to kings and queens all the time – Obama did it not long ago with a Middle Eastern Saudi King. Does that mean he was worshipping him? Wow you guys are totally failing! Im pretty surprised. I hear you people all the time yelling about how Catholics pray to Mary as though she is God, but when it comes down to it, not ONE of you can bring me that prayer! Unreal. Hey, Im not even a Catholic. I just want people to put up or shut up. Show me the proof already, what’s so hard about that?Epitome, FINALLY someone brings me a prayer to look at! Unfortunately, all it does is ask Mary to pray for them now and at the hour of their death. Big deal. Same thing as asking anyone else to pray for you. I don’t see anywhere in that prayer that they are praying TO Mary as though she is God.But Epitome, at least you brought me something. Thanks for that anyway.

A: Jesus Christ chose to enter the world through the Blessed Virgin and, in his sovereign freedom, chooses to bestow grace on the world through her. This doesn’t mean that he is an angry God whom his Mother must placate, but that he is a devoted Son who chooses to allow his Mother to cooperate in his work of salvation. The doctrine is all Church teaching in matters of faith and morals. Dogma is more narrowly defined as that part of doctrine which has been divinely revealed and which the Church has formally defined and declared to be believed as revealed.The Church’s magisterium exercises the authority it holds from Christ to the fullest extent when it defines dogmas in a form obliging the Christian people to an irrevocable adherence of faith, truths contained in divine Revelation or also when it proposes, in a definitive way, truths having a necessary connection with these. Concerning the Church’s teaching that Mary is the Mediatrix of All Graces, while this doctrine has been divinely revealed, it has not yet been—although could be—elevated to dogma. In Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, the doctrine of Mary’s Universal Mediation of Grace based on her co-operation in the Incarnation is so definitely manifest in the sources of the faith, that nothing stands in the way of a dogmatic definition.To truly appreciate Mary is to appreciate her Son all the more.