Posted on 09/03/2014 6:36:07 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
GLORY BE to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Nothing like a straw man argument.
Where?
Amen.
I prefer the direct line to Jesus. No need for ‘saints’ to get between us.
Where is the straw man? Be specific.
I never realized that we Baptists were that evil.
Well, I am certainly going to change my ways now.
Thank you NKP_Vet. Very inspirational. True story.
Why pray to a creation when the Creator has given Himself to/for us,and made Himself available to us directly?
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that any one who fled to thy protection, implored thy help or sought thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins my Mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful; O Mother of thy Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy clemency hear and answer me. Amen.
I know this story.
If you swap 'boy' for 'injured golfer', and 'converted' for 'had to re-learn swing', then 'priest' would become 'Sam Sneed'!!
This isn't the greatest story ever told. It is the greatest golfer story ever told.
True story.
Jesus chose the indirect line to come to us, His mother. His very first miracle was performed because he listened to His mother who in turn told the servants to listen to Jesus. So, yes, I do go to Mary sometimes for prayer knowing that her Son listens to her. I never have to pray alone, I have the benefit of thousands of prayers from saints who came before me, who followed the Word of God and are now in the presence of God.
I only know how to pray in my human way, I have not beheld the Face of God. I ask in my childlike way while looking in the mirror dimly and I know that Jesus will not ignore me but the saints see God and their prayers only add to mine.
A Horatio Alger story for for Catholics?
So everyone who isn't a Roman Catholic is going to hell.
Have you ever tried to have a personal walk with Jesus?
I have the benefit of thousands of prayers from saints who came before me
Why must your voice always be a minor one amongst many others?
It's not "either/or" but "both/and". If you love Jesus how can you not love his mother? At the cross Jesus told John "behold your mother". Mary is the mother of all those who wish to come Jesus.
This is a primary dividing line between Protestants and Catholics.
One of a very few actually. I know Protestant ministers who have had long discussions with Catholic priests, and disagreement over the status of Mary was one of a handful of serious divergences.
If we asked her I’m sure she’d tell us to patch it up and get on with her Son’s work.
I’m standing with you.
If you think about, we frequently ask friends and family to pray for someone who is sick or is in a dangerous occupation, etc. Why is it wrong to ask Mary or the saints, all of whom are closest to Christ, to pray for the same?
Then you do not read Scripture, and/or you do not listen to what Jesus instructed.
Because we are told not to try to communicate with the dead.
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