To: TheStickman; Elsie; ealgeone
I’ve never seen any “lavish displays of Mary” in or around any Catholic homes. So I “make” nothing of it.I am in the Philippines. There are "lavish displays of Mary" in about half the houses around here. Roadside vendors are selling Mary grottos all the time.
Most Filipinos are Catholic on the surface, but below the surface, are animists. They worship spirits, and are generally very superstitious, but Mary grottos are numerous.
468 posted on
07/19/2017 7:10:04 PM PDT by
Mark17
(Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
To: Mark17
I have said the further away from the US you venture the more pagan Catholicism becomes.
Heck, pop in on Catholic churches along the border with Mexico and you see the same thing.
503 posted on
07/20/2017 3:59:02 AM PDT by
Gamecock
("We always choose according to our greatest inclination at the moment." R.C. Sproul)
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