Asking by praying Ping.
I’m giving an account of something I heard a Deacon in the Roman Catholic Church say on the radio. Deacon Colin Donovan displays Christian Charity very well. (Charity = ‘Love God above all things & love your neighbor as yourself.’) >My Christian Charity is NOT as great as the Deacon’s. >Please remember, the Deacon said everything with Love.
A belligerent Protestant man called the Deacon on the radio & asked, “Why do you Catholics pray >to the Virgin Mary, she’s not God.” The Deacon said, “We pray to Mary because she does NOT have a >telephone. If she had >telephone, we’d all call her up & asked her to pray for us. It’d be like a Protestant Church that has a >prayer line by telephone. God tells us there is only >ONE Church that includes ALL the souls in Heaven, purgatory & those of us here on earth in a state of Grace.
The Deacon went on to explain the offering of prayers by the Saints in the Book of Revelations. & How through prayer we here on earth talk to God & the Saints in Heaven. The Deacon had a very polite conversion with the Protestant. & The Protestant didn’t sound belligerent at the end. (We’ll know on Judgment Day whether a Heart was converted.)
The Deacon explained ONE Church very well & we all pray. The Saints in Heaven don’t need our prayers, But >we need theirs. (+The Deacon explained the Souls in Purgatory are also in the need of prayer.)
Anywho, that explanation by the Deacon has been a real >gift to me. I’m NOT so irritated when a cell phone rings in Church (I turn mine off). I laugh inwardly in a >good way & think, ‘Maybe Our Blessed Mother is calling on her phone to see if we are ALL OK as that’s the way ALL moms be!’