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To: Heart-Rest
Of course you would like us to believe you don’t worship her.

Let’s take the prayer of Prayer of Pope Pius XII.
[http://catholicism.about.com/od/tothevirginmary/qt/Honor_Immacula.htm]

I’ll use just the bolded excerpts from the prayer.

we cast ourselves into your arms

1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. (When did we need to replace God with Mary?)

confident of finding in your most loving heart appeasement of our ardent desires, and a safe harbor from the tempests which beset us on every side.

Hebrews 4:15-16 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (once again Catholics replacing Christ with Mary)

O crystal fountain of faith

Romans 12:3 according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. or "a measure of faith." (but Mary is the “fountain of faith” for Catholics)

Lily of all holiness

1 Samuel 2:2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. (for Catholics however, “all holiness” is given to Mary)

Conqueress of evil and death

Hosea 13:14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. (but Catholics claim it was Mary who conquered death)

Convert the wicked

John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin, because they believe not on me; (Catholics have even replaced the Holy Spirit with Mary)

Statement by catholic Bishop Liqouri “.......We often more quickly obtain what we ask by calling on the name of Mary than by invoking that of Jesus.....” She...is our Salvation, our Life, our Hope, our Counsel, our Refuge, our Help”

Need I go on? Catholics have replaced virtually every attribute and working of God and given that to Mary in their worship.

77 posted on 02/03/2012 7:30:45 PM PST by CynicalBear
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To: CynicalBear
Wow, that is all flowery, poetic appreciation language for what Mary has done for all of us.

Without consulting you or me (or using you or me), God chose only ONE PERSON to make an entrance for Jesus into the world of humanity in order to offer salvation to us.

Nobody before her or after her was ever asked to do that -- ONLY MARY.(She is an extremely SPECIAL human being, because she is the ONLY ONE chosen by Almighty God for that purpose -- EVER.)

Mary had free will, and could have said either yes, or no. She chose to say yes, and that "yes" impacts all of humanity, by God's sovereign choice. She was specifically chosen by God to bring Jesus and HIS salvation to us, and if you have a problem with that, perhaps you should take it up with God.

We love her, and appreciate beyond words what she has done for the rest of us humans by her simple "yes" to God.

Some people write poetic love expressions to her, and while others may think they sound silly, or that they say something they don't, these folks have done the best they could to express their love and "thank you" to Mary for saying yes to God.

That has absolutely nothing to do with worshiping Mary as a "goddess", and if you believe that it does, you are simply mistaken.
105 posted on 02/03/2012 10:00:33 PM PST by Heart-Rest ( "The Church is the pillar and bulwark of the truth." (1 Timothy 3:15))
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