Being an ambassador, which we are told we are, and praying for one another, which are are told to do, is not the same as being a mediator.
The Holy Spirit in Scripture tells us that there is only one mediator between God and man, Jesus Christ.
Your issue is with the word of God, not me for telling you what it says.
“Your issue is with the word of God...”
Your issue is with the word of God.
Scripture tells us that there is only one mediator between God and man, Jesus Christ. Correct and also Catholic belief.
Requesting intercessory prayer from someone is not forbidden by Scripture. Requesting intercessory prayer from another person does not somehow morph into the mediator role of Christ that is His alone, and all Catholics recognize this.
Since you are not Catholic, you have no business reinterpreting wrongly what we supposedly believe, and deliberately distorting Catholic practices to appear unscriptural. Non Catholics have no authority to twist Catholic beliefs to appear unscriptural when there are clear prooftexts in the bible allowing intercessory prayer.
I believe. That’s the long and short of it. I choose to follow the Roman Catholic Church, established by Jesus Christ while He was on earth, and His Vicar the Pope, who has succeeded in an unbroken line from St. Peter. I believe in the validity of the Holy Priesthood and the 7 Sacraments.
“By their fruits you shall know them,” said the One Whose mother was told in Scripture, “Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb.”
Mary was conceived without the stain of original sin. She was, is, and always will be a virgin. She is Jesus’s mother and ours, given to us from the Cross. She was assumed into Heaven, body and soul, and crowned Queen of Heaven and earth, the Mother of God. This is what I believe as a Catholic and as a person.
All glory is given to God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Mary is not to be worshipped, but honored and loved for her privilege of being the Mother of Jesus.
I believe. I don’t ask you, nor anyone else, to do the same. I do pray that all people, every soul God has created, or will create, may somehow find Him, and that we may all be together one day in Heaven. I just can’t comprehend why Mary, simply as the mother of Jesus can be such a stumbling block. Even if one does not believe the tenets of Faith I’ve mentioned, wouldn’t one at least show respect for her, for her Son’s sake?
St. Paul said that now we see through a glass, darkly, but he also days that one day we shall see things as they truly are. Meanwhile, His children will continue to differ, but let’s always remember the Second Greatest Commandment, per Scripture: Love thy neighbor as thyself!
Peace be with you!