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To: NYer

Yes, it would be good if peoples of all faiths were asked why they do not honor Mary. Mary herself (as well as her Son, Jesus) spoke out to St. Bridget of Sweden (by way of apparitions in the 1300s):
"I am the Mother of Mercy, the joy of the just, and the gate to God for sinners. In the fire of Purgatory there is no suffering that through my intercession would not be more easily bearable than otherwise. No one is so damned that, as long as he lives, he will lack my mercy. No one is so far from God, if he is not completely accursed, that he may not come back to God and obtain mercy when he appeals to me...

From my Son's birth until His death, I was filled with grief. Tears used to come into my eyes when I gazed at His hands and feet, which the nails were going to pierce...when I meditated on His future Passion...and when I saw the Prophets' sayings concerning Him all being fulfilled...And now I look at all the human beings on earth to see whether maybe there are a few who feel compassion for me and who think of my sorrows, but I find very few who mediate on my suffering and sorrows. Therefore, my daughter, do not forget me, for I am forgotten and ignored by many. See my grief, and imitate me as well as you can..." --Mary, Mother of Mercy, Saints Who Saw Mary
[emphasis, mine]
95 posted on 10/16/2013 8:09:13 AM PDT by mlizzy (If people spent an hour a week in Eucharistic adoration, abortion would be ended. --Mother Teresa)
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To: mlizzy
Mary is NOT the gate to God for sinners.

Preposterous. How can she be when Jesus says He is the provision for sin and no one comes to the Father but by Him?

This is just silly and dis-credits your cause.

100 posted on 10/16/2013 10:52:15 AM PDT by what's up
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