It's not an either/or thing. It's funny how "Reformist" Christians take so much of the Bible literally, but don't treat His words on the Eucharist that way. He said "THIS is My Body," not "This is a symbol of My Body."
Mary should be prayed for
Not prayed for- ask her to pray for us.
believing that Mary never sinned and believing that Mary never died
Actually, the doctrine of the Assumption is ambivalent on whether she physically died or not. It just states that at the end of her earthly life, her body and soul were assumed (meaning not of her own power) into Heaven.
You may indeed be right about the bread being His body at the time of ingestion...believe it or not my Protestant minister kinda says the same thing.
But worshiping that same bread, praying towards it, bowing towards it, instead of praying towards God in Heaven,. becomes to me idolatry.
I made a typ when I said “praying “for” her, I meant praying “to” her. I don’t see anywhere in the Bible where Jesus, Paul, James, Peter, anyone who wrote the Bible, says to pray to HUMAN BEINGS.
We are to pray to “Our Father, who art in Heaven,” NOT Mary, Joseph, Christopher or Karol.
Well, not being assumed into Heaven physically, good...’cause there’s no evidence THAT happened.
I guess we’ll just agree to disagree. I have many Catholic friends, as I am involved in Right to Life, and there’s numerous Catholics there...and they are all Christian children of God, even though we vehemently disagree with each other!
Ed