Prayer Commending Oneself to Mary
O holy Mary, my Mistress, into thy blessed trust and special blessing, into the bosom of thy tender mercy, this day, every day of my life and at the hour of my death, I commend my soul and body; to thee I entrust all my hopes and consolations, all my trials and miseries, my life and the end of my life, that through thy most holy intercession and thy merits, all my actions may be ordered and disposed according to thy will and that of thy divine Son. Amen.
btw gghd, this isn't what evangelicals typically say to each other in the "prayer chain".
Luke 11:
27 While Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed.” 28 But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.”
How can a Catholic read this and not understand that the devotion to and worship of Mary is contrary to Jesus’ own teachings. You can either follow Rome or Christ.
In the Catholic Church ‘Idolatry’ is giving >divine honors to a creature. Adoration (worship) is an due God. Mary is venerated in the Catholic Church. (We are speaking about a mother & we should always be polite.)
I don't recall the prayer, though I may have heard it more than once. There are a gazillion prayers in the Catholic Church. Notice the word —intercession— in the prayer. The wording of the prayer sounds like >Love too. Mary as the mother of Jesus is also ‘our’ mother. Some people are consumed with the Love for God & the entire Kingdom of Heaven.
Anything you want to find out about the Catholic Church is on the Web. Sometimes you need ‘Official Church teachings’ to get the correct information. There are also numerous -world wide- associations that are especially devoted to Saint Mary. The other mothers in the world >Love Mary & understand what is to suffer as a mother. It must have been horrific for her to see her son Crucified for the Sins of others.
I remember who you are because you like Sarah Palin. Thumbs up on that one. BUT BUT, do you go to church? I originally thought most people were ‘normal’ on FreeRepublic. I do have >complete trust that you are ‘normal’ as you like Sarah Palin.> Hopefully, Sarah Palin will become our Saint Sarah Palin & vanquish the demons in the USA.
That's clearly goddess worship...
O holy Mary, my Mistress; thy divine Son.
And what was that son's name again??? No matter...
Protestants would say, Our Lord Jesus, and his mother...