“Amazing the Roman Catholic goes to Mary first....and not God the Father.
It shows a complete lack of faith in Christ on the part of the Roman Catholic.”
They pray to God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. They did not go to Mary first.
But The Blessed Mother has inspired great miracles and listens to the prayers of the faithful.
Recognizing and praying to the Blessed Mother does not in any way diminish faith in Christ. In fact, it strengthens it because Mary was the Mother of Christ.
First two paragraphs of the article. No mention of anyone but Mary.
The Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) has publicly invoked the intercession of the Virgin Mary to free the nation “from the claws of communism,” in a clear reference to the regime of President Nicolás Maduro.
“Blessed Virgin, Mother of Coromoto, heavenly Patron of Venezuela, free our country from the claws of communism and socialism,” the CEV posted on Twitter this Sunday, complete with an image of Santa Maria and a Venezuelan flag.
If you are going to pray to God the Father, then why go to Mary at all?
Don't you think He's going to answer you?
Do you not believe the promises Jesus made about the Father hearing and answering our prayers Himself?
Do you think Mary's going to get you something that God Himself wouldn't give you?
If you are going to pray to God the Father, then why go to Mary at all?
Don't you think He's going to answer you?
Do you not believe the promises Jesus made about the Father hearing and answering our prayers Himself?
Do you think Mary's going to get you something that God Himself wouldn't give you?
Speak for yourself.
According to Eadmer (A.D. 1060–1124), an English monk and student of Anselm, “sometimes salvation is quicker if we remember Mary's name then if we invoked the name of the Lord Jesus...[who] does not at once, answer anyone who invokes him, but only does so after just judgment. But if the name of his mother Mary is invoked, her merits intercede so that he is answered even if the merits of him who invoked her do not deserve it.” Through her “the elements are renewed, the netherworld is healed, the demons are trodden underfoot, men are saved and angels are restored.” — Andrew Taylor, “Three medieval manuscripts and their readers,” University of Pennsylvania press; page 173
"In "Glories of Mary" by Liguori, whose writings were declared free from anything meriting censure by Pope Gregory XVI (1839) in the bull of his canonization, he teaches,
Beware, chosen soul, of thinking that it is more perfect to direct your work and intention straight to Jesus or straight to God. Without Mary, your work and your intention will be of little value. But if you go to God through Mary, your work will become Mary's work, and consequently will be most noble and most worthy of God. - THE SECRET OF MARY, St. Louis de Montfort; http://www.ewtn.com/library/Montfort/SECRET.HTM