You can't PROVE that is WORSHIP instead of ADORATION!!
Mow how many times do I have to post the picture of the Pope worshiping Mary? Why do you ignore them?
Prayer is not Worship, well maybe for a protestant since it is all they know but not to a Catholic.
and since this will be the second time I am posting the same thing in the same thread I will say goodbye.
I believe the problem originates from what I have been told by protestants I trust who have told me that prayer is worship and worship is prayer so if you are praying to Mary you are in fact worshiping her.
However, if protestants have only one kind of prayer, which is always ‘worship’; it should be fairly obvious that is the catch.
Because for a Catholic there at least seven distinct types of prayer that I am aware of and probably others I am not.
Distinct Catholic Prayer Types:
1) Adoration - as I understand it equivalent to a protestant’s worship;
2) Contrition - a prayer of sorrow and repentance;
3) Thanksgiving - such as saying grace before meals;
4) Supplication - a request for strength, healing or help;
5) Meditation - prayer for understanding a particularly deep aspect of Christ’s life - like the Agony in the garden;
6) Contemplation - a prayer state of being open to hearing the words of the Holy Spirit; and
7) lectio divinia - a very slow, deliberate contemplation on a scriptural passage or passages.
My Prayer for today Wednesday:
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
My Lord and My God, how truly wonderful and glorious you are, I adore you with profound reverence.
Forgive me for my transgressions and weaknesses of this day, as I am sorry for how they hurt you, since you have suffered so much for me when I have so much trouble making my sacrifices for you during Lent.
Thank you for all the gifts you have bestowed on me and my family, I am forever in awe of the insights you provide to me in my work that enable me to do your work.
I ask for for the grace to better serve my family better especially my wife and daughter and for the understanding of other folks point of view.
Glory be to the Father and The Son and the holy Spirit as it is now and ever shall be world without end, Amen.
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
For the Greater Glory of God
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You can't PROVE that is WORSHIP instead of ADORATION!!