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Venezuelan Bishops Pray to Virgin Mary to Free the Country from the ‘Claws of Communism’
Breitbart ^ | 2 Aug 2017 | Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.

Posted on 08/02/2017 2:07:44 PM PDT by detective

The Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) has publicly invoked the intercession of the Virgin Mary to free the nation “from the claws of communism,” in a clear reference to the regime of President Nicolás Maduro.

“Blessed Virgin, Mother of Coromoto, heavenly Patron of Venezuela, free our country from the claws of communism and socialism,” the CEV posted on Twitter this Sunday, complete with an image of Santa Maria and a Venezuelan flag.

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To: 60Gunner

Mary is in heaven. She is alive there. And she intercedes for us if only we ask.


21 posted on 08/02/2017 2:51:47 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Gargantua

Nobody’s worshipping her, or “supplicating her deific deliverance.”. They are asking for her prayers. Just as I might ask for my own Mom to pray for me.

These are called “ intercessory prayers”. We are all very much encouraged to pray for one another, because we love one another.

The whole ensemble of loving people praying for each other is called the “Communion of Saints.”


22 posted on 08/02/2017 2:53:51 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Ecclesia semper reformanda.)
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To: detective

I wonder how many Cuban troops are ‘assisting’ Maduro’s thugs?

When has a Pope done much for South America anyway?

Central and South America remains corrupt and under the thumbs of the usual suspects... and their military goons and crooked courts.


23 posted on 08/02/2017 2:58:14 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: 60Gunner

Mary lives with Jesus and all the blessed in heaven.

Therefore she is not dead. Ask Jesus.

Luke 21:28

Matthew 22:32


24 posted on 08/02/2017 3:01:18 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Ecclesia semper reformanda.)
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To: BlessedBeGod

Why pray to a dead human instead of God?


25 posted on 08/02/2017 3:03:16 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl (Don't check the news, check Cernovich on Twitter)
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To: livius

He lives for trolling just about every article on FR.


26 posted on 08/02/2017 3:05:18 PM PDT by miliantnutcase
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To: Mrs. Don-o

She can’t hear you. She was just a human, just like you.

Only Jesus can intercede.


27 posted on 08/02/2017 3:08:58 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl (Don't check the news, check Cernovich on Twitter)
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To: 60Gunner

“Mary is dead. Try Jesus.”

Jesus said God is the god of the LIVING. Mary died in Christ which means she’s alive in Christ. That’s how it works.


28 posted on 08/02/2017 3:09:08 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: livius
And if you hate the Church so much, why do you appear on every thread relating to it?

Hate? Every?

Perhaps you would like to show my participation on the last
five threads about "the church".. since I'm on "every" one.

Thanks in advance for your kind verification of your hyperbolic statement.

29 posted on 08/02/2017 3:09:30 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Bodleian_Girl

“She can’t hear you. She was just a human, just like you.”

That doesn’t mean she can’t hear me. We will judge fallen angels (1 Corinthians 6:3) - not on our own merits but on those of Christ. And through those same merits the saints can hear and intercede for us.

“Only Jesus can intercede.”

On His own merits, yes, but through His merits all of us can intercede for one another. https://www.openbible.info/topics/praying_for_each_other


30 posted on 08/02/2017 3:12:11 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

No,that’s not true. I intercede for you. If you would be do kind as to pray for me, you would be interceding for me.

James 5:16-18 says we should intercede for each other, and that the prayers of a righteous man are very powerful. The same goes for a righteous woman.

Please pray for me.


31 posted on 08/02/2017 3:27:34 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Ecclesia semper reformanda.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
Do you kneel before a picture of your mom or grandparents and light a candle while praying to them?
32 posted on 08/02/2017 3:29:22 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: detective

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Why don’t they pray to Yehova?

He can do something about their plight; Mary cannot. (Neither can the “Mary” spirit that is a facet of Satan)

Satan has answered their prayers to “Mary” with corrupt tyrannical governance.
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33 posted on 08/02/2017 3:36:03 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Yeah, Kind of my thought. You know ‘good luck with that’.


34 posted on 08/02/2017 3:41:03 PM PDT by dirtymac
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To: Salvation
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
1 Timothy 2:5
35 posted on 08/02/2017 3:45:13 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: vladimir998
That doesn’t mean she can’t hear me. We will judge fallen angels (1 Corinthians 6:3) - not on our own merits but on those of Christ. And through those same merits the saints can hear and intercede for us.

What if a million people in the world pray to Mary at the same time? Can she hear all of the at once? Are you saying she is omniscient or omnipresent like God?
36 posted on 08/02/2017 3:48:31 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: detective

Can Mary do a hit on the Pope from the grave?


37 posted on 08/02/2017 3:51:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: detective

Praying to the Virgin Mary is like praying to any other mortal human being. Try praying to Jesus or God.


38 posted on 08/02/2017 3:57:17 PM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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To: ealgeone

Pictures of my late father Edward, my late mother Wynne, and my Great-Aunt Clara (who raised my Mother) as well as my friends Nita and Billy and their daughter Mary Katherine and our way-back pro-life Presbyterian pastor friend Joe Foreman, still living on this earth, are in our Prayer Corner along with icons of angels and saints and Our Lord Jesus Christ, Our God and Savior of all.

And we do have candles. And upon occasion, incense!

So, yeah.


39 posted on 08/02/2017 4:13:49 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Ecclesia semper reformanda.)
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To: ealgeone

Like I said, the whole ensemble of loving people praying for each other is called the “Communion of Saints “.

Except, in the Orthodox or Byzantine style, we usually stand and bow (instead of kneel.)


40 posted on 08/02/2017 4:18:36 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Ecclesia semper reformanda.)
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