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?
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?
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INDEED TO THE MAX.