This is false dogma, friend.
Or like the holy Winged Ones of heaven, "Day and night they do not stop exclaiming: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.”
Yes...but not sung to Mary.
And you will recall he was entrusted with Mary's care.
It is amazing how descriptive John wrote about what he saw in Heaven....and not one mention of Mary.
NOT. ONE. WORD. ABOUT. HER.
Or like the Holy Spirit, who comes and dwells within us, and who prays unceasingly. It is not math. It is not a numbers game.
Yes...it is the Holy Spirit Who is Advocate and Who is praying unceasingly for us as Paul wrote in Romans 8:26-27.
For Mary to be able to handle the prayer load the Holy Spirit does, she has to be equal in ability to the spirit...hence, she has goddess-like powers. She is called Advocatrix by Roman Catholicism.
Here's the math:
1.3 billion Catholics/86,400 seconds in a day = 15,197 prayers a second Mary has to be able to understand and answer if every Roman Catholic said one prayer a day to Mary.
It is not vain repetition. It is devotion.
If said correctly, there are 57 “Hail Marys”, which is a prayer TO Mary, plus one “Hail Holy Queen”, compared to six “Our Fathers”. The “Hail Mary” is a false prayer with a little bit of Scripture mixed in to make it appealing to the reciter. Scripture warns against vain repetition in prayer in Matthew 6:7.
And, it is beyond mere devotion as Roman Catholics attempt to downplay just exactly how prominent Mary is in the life of the Roman Catholic.
It is wonderful to pray this way, with Mary and the angels and saints, ALL of us centered on Jesus our Head, our King and our God.
Except as illustrated, much of the Roman Catholic's prayer life, indeed, their total life is seemingly "devoted" to Mary.
I have compared some of Liguori's writings to Scripture.
Before you attempt to dismiss Liguori, as you like to do with Roman Catholics who disagree with your version of Roman Catholicism, I remind you he was canonized in 1839 by Gregory XVI and declared a "Doctor of the Church" by Pius IX in 1871.
| The Glories of Mary | Scripture | |
| Lady in heaven, we have but one advocate, and that is thyself, and thou alone art truly loving and solicitous for our salvation. | 5For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 1 Tim 2:5 |
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| But that she is so, is evident from the fact, that whatever the Mother asks for, the Son never denies her; and this was revealed to Saint Bridget. | 14This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 Jn 5:14 |
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| Saint Anselm says, ‘that as it is impossible for one who is not devout to Mary, and consequently not protected by her, to be saved,. | 28and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. Jn 10:27-28 |
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| St. Bonaventure notes: In thee, O Lady, have I placed all my hopes; and thus I confidently trust that I shall never be lost, but praise and love thee for ever in heaven | 9that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; Rm 10:9 |
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| Saint Andrew of Crete, calls Mary, ‘a pledge, a security for our reconciliation with God.’, | …you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, … Eph 1:13-14 |
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Scripture is crystal clear on this last point, and the others.
Our salvation is ONLY IN CHRIST....no one else.
Roman Catholics would do well to remember the words of Isaiah:
"I am the LORD, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to graven images. Isaiah 42:8 NASB
“Signs of Anti-Christ:
“He will invoke religion to destroy religion.”
What’s the name of that website from which you cut and paste, please? I knew it once, but can’t remember.
Revelation 8:1-4:
“When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people, on the golden altar in front of the throne. The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God from the angel’s hand.”
That is a great visual to me. Our prayers, like smoke, rise up to God.
Catholics may not consider it VAIN; but come ON guys; how much repetition does it TAKE to get GOD to HEAR them??