Marxist FAKE pope and his counterfeit church with his satanic idolatry. (And YES, I’m Catholic, he’s not.)
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Cards with pictures, holy cards. Let’s think about that one first. Yes, Catholics do have pictures of saints on cards. (We’re even lucky enough to have a few with actual photographs, with photography only being around less than the last 2 centuries.) Do you have photographs of anyone in your home? Your wallet? Maybe your mother’s image is even in your phone? How about friends? Do you have any photographs of anyone who’s no longer alive? Maybe a parent or uncle, a sibling, a friend? You love them just the same, right? So you keep photographs of people you love, right? Holy cards are the same thing: Saints are our Friends in Heaven, Our Mother, Christ, the Holy Ghost. All on holy cards.
That's not the same thing. I don't hold onto my moms picture and pray to it. I don't see how that is not idolatry. You pray to anything other than the Father what else is it?
We don’t pray to holy cards or statues though. That would be disgusting idolatry. We look at the image bc it reminds us of a saint or Christ, like you would look at a pic of your mom. I don’t think you worship a picture of her. Yes, we do talk to the saints, and yes, you could call that prayer, (Prayer isn’t strictly worship) asking them to intercede for us and join us in asking God in our petitions. If you have a loved one you believe to be in heaven, and if you’re having a problem, would it not be ok to ask your loved one for a favor in addition to asking God? Let’s say my father is passed. In addition to my prayers to God Himself, I might ask my dad to pray for me, too. People in heaven are saints, and they’re our friends. They’ve passed the test and want o help us, more than anything, to get to heaven. And to be clear, God and God alone is to be worshipped, called Latria. We give reverence to Mary, not worship. This is called hyperdulia; and to the saints the reverence given is dulia. Only God is to be worshipped and this is solid Church teaching. I hope this helps.