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To: Rhadaghast

I always wondered why Catholics don't treat Mary's mother the same as they treat Mary.

After all, if she was born without sin, immaculate, then her Mother, I'm sure, was also born without sin, to carry Marry.

And if Mary is the Mother of God, then her Mother is the Mother of the Mother of God, and is also worthy of being prayed to, and looked to as the intercessor between Mary and the sinner...

After all, if sinners need an intercessor between Jesus and them, why don't sinners also need an intercessor between Mary and them?

Ed


137 posted on 09/13/2005 2:58:04 PM PDT by Sir_Ed
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To: Sir_Ed
After all, if she was born without sin, immaculate, then her Mother, I'm sure, was also born without sin, to carry Marry.

No such claim is made. Catholics don't believe that Mary "had to be sinless" so Jesus would be sinless, or any such strange ideas. It's simply a privilege given to Mary by her creator, who also happened to be her son.

And if Mary is the Mother of God, then her Mother is the Mother of the Mother of God, and is also worthy of being prayed to

Nothing wrong with asking for St. Anne's prayers. And one of the Eastern Orthodox liturgies actually refers to St. Anne and St. Joachim as "the holy and righteous ancestors of God".

139 posted on 09/13/2005 3:42:57 PM PDT by Campion (Truth is not determined by a majority vote -- Pope Benedict XVI)
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To: Sir_Ed
I always wondered why Catholics don't treat Mary's mother the same as they treat Mary.

After all, if she was born without sin, immaculate, then her Mother, I'm sure, was also born without sin, to carry Marry.

And if Mary is the Mother of God, then her Mother is the Mother of the Mother of God, and is also worthy of being prayed to, and looked to as the intercessor between Mary and the sinner...

After all, if sinners need an intercessor between Jesus and them, why don't sinners also need an intercessor between Mary and them?

Ed

Such pointless and silly questions are asked when one is completely devoid of knowledge about the Catholic faith. Disappointing, but not unexpected.

A good idea is to go to www.google.com and look up "Mary" and "Original Sin". There should be about four or five thousand sites that deal with this issue.
154 posted on 09/13/2005 5:58:20 PM PDT by Conservative til I die
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To: Sir_Ed
The Life Of Saint Ann[and St.Joachim]
158 posted on 09/13/2005 6:03:33 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Sir_Ed

Can you immagine God's grandmother, pulling his ear when she thought he was disrespectful.!~

oy vey


205 posted on 09/14/2005 5:01:28 AM PDT by Rhadaghast (Yeshua haMashiach hu Adonai Tsidkenu)
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