You wrote:
“The problem with your entire post...”
There was no problem with the content of my post - especially where I proved you or the website you’re borrowing from deceptively cut quotes. So, which is it, did you cut the defining words out of the quote or did you just rely on some anti-Catholic website? Be honest now.
” is that there isn’t one source in scripture or the teaching of Christ or the apostles that injects Mary the way Catholics do.”
Well, I suppose I could have cited Exodus 20:16 (NKJV), but I chose to demonstrate it with your own actions and words. And apparently it worked or my guess would be you would either be defending what you posted or apologizing.
“Collyridianism does describe much of what the Catholic Church is.”
Nope, not one bit. This is how it always goes.
Here’s the entire prayer and where I got it from slick. It’s not hard to compare the words with scripture.
Prayer of Pope Pius XII
In Honor of the Immaculate Conception
http://catholicism.about.com/od/tothevirginmary/qt/Honor_Immacula.htm
Prayer of Pope Pius XII
Enraptured by the splendor of your heavenly beauty, and impelled by the anxieties of the world, we cast ourselves into your arms, O Immaculate Mother of Jesus and our Mother, 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.
Though degraded by our faults and overwhelmed by infinite misery, we admire and praise the peerless richness of sublime gifts with which God has filled you, above every other mere creature, from the first moment of your conception until the day on which, after your assumption into heaven, He crowned you Queen of the Universe.
O crystal fountain of faith, bathe our minds with the eternal truths! O fragrant Lily of all holiness, captivate our hearts with your heavenly perfume! O Conqueress of evil and death, inspire in us a deep horror of sin, which makes the soul detestable to God and a slave of hell!
O well-beloved of God, hear the ardent cry which rises up from every heart. Bend tenderly over our aching wounds. Convert the wicked, dry the tears of the afflicted and oppressed, comfort the poor and humble, quench hatreds, sweeten harshness, safeguard the flower of purity in youth, protect the holy Church, make all men feel the attraction of Christian goodness. In your name, resounding harmoniously in heaven, may they recognize that they are brothers, and that the nations are members of one family, upon which may there shine forth the sun of a universal and sincere peace.
Receive, O most sweet Mother, our humble supplications, and above all obtain for us that, one day, happy with you, we may repeat before your throne that hymn which today is sung on earth around your altars: You are all-beautiful, O Mary! You are the glory, you are the joy, you are the honor of our people! Amen.
So tell me, is http://catholicism.about.com an “anti-catholic website” or is the scripture I compared to an “anti-catholic website”? Be honest now.