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To: 1000 silverlings
From the Catholic Encyclopedia

After a terrible and prolonged temptation to despair, caused by the discussions of the theologians of the day on the question of predestination, from which he was suddenly freed as he knelt before a miraculous image of Our Lady at St. Etienne-des-Grès, he made a vow of chastity and consecrated himself to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

(But he didn't worship her, lol)

From Sacred Scripture

David commanded all the assembly: Bless ye the Lord our God. And all the assembly blessed the Lord the God of their fathers: and they bowed themselves and worshipped God, and then the king. And they sacrificed victims to the Lord: and they offered holocausts the next day, a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, with their libations, and with every thing prescribed most abundantly for all Israel 1 Chronicles 29:20-21

(LOL! But they didn't worship David, right?!)

Please take the entire Scriptures into account before you jump to conclusions. Men kneel before other men and honor them. This is not worshiping as if they were God.

This is an example of worship given to God that is disordered and breaks the commandment:

the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Go, get thee down: thy people, which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, hath sinned. They have quickly strayed from the way which thou didst shew them: and they have made to themselves a molten calf, and have adored it, and sacrificing victims to it, have said: These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land of Egypt. Exodus 32:7-8

The ONLY exterior act that is reserved for God is sacrifice. Note, bowing down is one thing, but sacrificing victims to "god" is clearly something else. Note in the Chronicles post, the Jews only sacrifice to God, not David. Note the underlined sections of Sacred Scripture. Compare righteous "worship" and sinful "worship". Thus, we Catholics (and Orthodox) may kneel before a statue or an icon in prayer, but this is not a form of worshiping God. The Divine Liturgy, the Mass, is the only place we offer sacrifice - and it is ALWAYS offered to God the Father ALONE. Not Mary or any saint.

Kneeling is certainly an act of honor, but it doesn't imply worship as if they were God. Kneeling is an act of humility. And we know what God said about being humble...

Regards

11,679 posted on 03/22/2007 6:51:08 AM PDT by jo kus (Humility is present when one debases oneself without being obliged to do so- St.Chrysostom; Phil 2:8)
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To: jo kus; Dr. Eckleburg; Quix
You sure beat the bushes for your examples to justify worshipping Mary.

In 1 chronicles 29:20-21, I have no idea what translation that could be as you haven't referenced it, but the Hebrew is clearly speaking of the festive occasion of the annointing of Solomon as king, and no one is worshipping him or David.

11,701 posted on 03/22/2007 1:17:53 PM PDT by 1000 silverlings
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