Nothing wrong with asking out Blessed Mother to intercede for us.
And that would be “Father Mark Kirby” to you!
No, Dear Sister,
It would NOT be Father . . .
to me.
I seek to obey the Scripture whole-heartedly in avoiding calling anyone FATHER except for my
HEAVENLY FATHER.
I fiercely disagree.
1. There is NO Biblical support for it.
2. There is plenty of Biblical proscription against such.
However, the focus of this thread is to see where different "Christians" assign their focus--what and/or whom they give their "ALL" to.
It appears that some "Christians" have several baskets that they pretend each of which contains 100% of their "ALL" that they then distribute to several foci.
Interesting mathematics, that.
Mat 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Well, she isn't our blessed mother to begin with. She's only the mother to her own children. And while she is blessed, we all are in Christ.
The other thing is, way too many of the prayers to Mary and the saints are prayers TO them asking them FOR things. It's not just a matter of asking her to intercede for us.
Besides, in light of Jesus clear teaching that we are to pray to the Father, what's the point in praying to anyone else? What can they do for us that God Himself can't do for us?
Not to mention that since they have died in their mortal bodies, they are dead to us and no longer accessible to us.
If it were intended that we pray to people who have died in their physical bodies, why didn't Jesus teach on it? Or Peter? Or any of the other apostles?