Praying to Mary is a sin. Even Jesus didn’t hold her higher than anyone else.
For real?
Have you no clue as to the words of the Hail Mary?
Maybe look it up.
Catholics have no problem asking for help to get to the Son.
The only way to the Father is through the Son.
As for this Pope, he is an abomination, put upon the Catholic Church to destroy it. I fear he has placed enough Cardinals who thinks as he does, that after he dies, he will replaced w a similar apostate
Did you check out Ebbs “proofs”? They didn’t hold up to scrutiny.
Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen.
When the apostles asked Jesus to teach them to pray, He gave them the Lord’s prayer and taught them to pray to the FATHER.
NOTHING about *praying* to anyone else.
4) Jesus and Peter Simultaneously Prayed to Saints and for the Dead
Tabitha was a disciple in Joppa who died. Peter prayed to her when he said “Tabitha, rise.” See Acts 9:36-41. She was dead, and he was addressing her. There is no impenetrable wall between heaven and earth. This is not only praying to the dead, but for the dead, since the passage says that Peter “prayed” before addressing Tabitha first person. And he was praying for her to come back to life.
Dave Armstrong is a terrible Roman Catholic apologist.
I post the passage in question for context...something most Roman Catholics ignore...the context of a passage.
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36Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translated in Greek is called Dorcas); this woman was abounding with deeds of kindness and charity which she continually did.
37And it happened at that time that she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her body, they laid it in an upper room. 38Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him, “Do not delay in coming to us.”
39So Peter arose and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the upper room; and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
40But Peter sent them all out and knelt down and prayed, and turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, arise.”
And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up. 41And he gave her his hand and raised her up; and calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive. 42It became known all over Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. 43And Peter stayed many days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon. Acts 9:36-43
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The question: who was Peter praying to? The obvious answer is God.
Peter did not pray to her when he said Tabitha, rise. He said this after he had prayed. Which in this situation one would want to pray to God.
However, what Peter said to her is not a prayer.
He is not imploring her for anything...he is not relying upon her for anything as Roman Catholics do when they wrongly pray to departed believers, wear scapulars, medals, etc. all of which demonstrates a complete lack of confidence in God.
Peter is commanding this woman to rise. He, through the power of God to demonstrate the legitimacy of his calling, raised her from the dead. And we see the purpose of this resulted in many believing in Christ.
Roman Catholicism has a "patron saint" for near about everything in life....much as the Roman Empire had a god or goddess for about everything in life. And as Rome was wrong on this so is Roman Catholicism.
All prayer is directed to God Who alone is capable of answering our prayers.