We don't pray to Mary to forgive our sins. We never have and never will. We pray to ASK for her intercession on our behalf and to pray for us, because prayers from the incredibly faithful are extremely powerful. This is also why we ask others who are more holy than us here on earth to also pray for us.
Edit * And by the way, prayer is NOT worship. Learn the difference. Pray in its original sense means "to ask" not "to worship."
Dulia. This is the honor and recognition which we accord to the saints. Perhaps they died as martyrs rather than deny God; or they worked great miracles, since their friendship with God meant that He granted their prayers for healing or restoration; or they simply, as Therese of Lisieux, lived holiness in their own “little way.”
Hyperdulia. This is, to put it simply, lots and lots of dulia. This is the very special honor we accord to Mary, the Mother of God.
Latria. This is true worship, and is given only to God. St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church, writing in his Summa Theologiae (II-II, q. 103, a. 4; III, q. 25, a. 5), explained: “In more technical terms used by the Tradition to draw this important distinction, devotion to Mary belongs to the veneration of dulia, or the homage and honor owed to the saints, both angelic and human in heaven, and not to latria, or the adoration and worship that can be given only to the Triune God and the Son incarnate. Because of her unique relationship to Christ in salvation history, however, the special degree of devotion due to Mary has traditionally been called hyperdulia. While latria is owed to her Son by reason of unity of his divine and human natures in the Person of the Word made flesh, hyperdulia is due to Mary as truly his Mother.”
We only ask God and Jesus for forgiveness. Also, how can you know your sins are forgiven if you just tell God directly? You can't hear Him say "Your sins are forgiven" so HOW do you know? This is why we have priests who act in Persona Christi. They can say "You are absolved of your sins" if you've confessed properly and are truly sorry for them and plan to do better.
But whatever, ALL of this will go over your head and you'll call me a pagan or Mary worshiper or whatever else prots say. Let it begin I guess.
You can't hear Him say "Your sins are forgiven" so HOW do you know? This is why we have priests who act in Persona Christi. They can say "You are absolved of your sins" if you've confessed properly
OK as long as you understand this is complete bullshit invented by the Catholic Church to control your soul. Priests are not ABLE to stand in for Christ. Moreover, you don't NEED any human holding himself out as "holier than thou" to intercede with God on your behalf or speak for God and grant your forgiveness.
You don't need some pedo faggot in a black frock to "SAY" you are absolved of your sins if you believe God likes to forgive and that he hears and answers prayer. You don't NEED to "hear" a human voice say "You are forgiven;" it's just your earthly internal self-doubting human voice making you think you need that.
Your faith informs you that, of COURSE you are forgiven by an all-loving God who just heard your fervent, honest prayer.
You don't. Need. A priest. To tell you. You're forgiven.
And thanks for mentioning the pedo gay priests, it's true it's a problem, BUT it turns out that elementary schools have more pedos and predators teaching than Catholic churches have. Probably because school teachers are ALWAYS around little kids, but Catholic priests are around all kinds of different people, NOT just kids. Elderly, adults, young adults, teens, and children and babies, but there are far fewer children and babies at churches than there are at schools, where it makes up 98% of the schools population.
The US Dept of Education has been following these numbers for a long time. Average yearly cases of child sexual abuse are as follows: Catholic Priests, 201 yearly cases, Public School Employees, 29,000 yearly cases. The difference is clear. Look into it if you'd like, it's a sobering read.
Edit * oh this is hilarious that I get down voted for pointing out that in fact Catholic priests DON'T commit the most sexual abuse against children. Let's be real, the Elites and Cabal do THE most, then after that it's the school system, and way down at the bottom probably way below family members is priests. Truth hurts doesn't it prots? Cope with it.
More than 375 leaders and volunteers in the Southern Baptist church have been charged with some form of sexual misconduct over the past 12 years. Over 200 of these volunteers and leaders pled guilty or were convicted for their crimes. However, the Southern Baptist Convention will not take significant steps to stop abuse in churches, claiming that each church should act independently to tend to this matter. As a result, several pastors and leaders who are registered sex offenders or accused of sexual misconduct are permitted to maintain their position in the church.
Several victims were pressured by their church leaders not to report sexual abuse. In some cases, victims were told that they brought on the abuse because of their sinful nature.
We don't pray to Mary to forgive our sins. We never have and never will. We pray to ASK for her intercession on our behalf and to pray for us, because prayers from the incredibly faithful are extremely powerful. This is also why we ask others who are more holy than us here on earth to also pray for us.
Edit * And by the way, prayer is NOT worship. Learn the difference. Pray in its original sense means "to ask" not "to worship."
We only ask God and Jesus for forgiveness. Also, how can you know your sins are forgiven if you just tell God directly? You can't hear Him say "Your sins are forgiven" so HOW do you know? This is why we have priests who act in Persona Christi. They can say "You are absolved of your sins" if you've confessed properly and are truly sorry for them and plan to do better.
But whatever, ALL of this will go over your head and you'll call me a pagan or Mary worshiper or whatever else prots say. Let it begin I guess.
OK as long as you understand this is complete bullshit invented by the Catholic Church to control your soul. Priests are not ABLE to stand in for Christ. Moreover, you don't NEED any human holding himself out as "holier than thou" to intercede with God on your behalf or speak for God and grant your forgiveness.
You don't need some pedo faggot in a black frock to "SAY" you are absolved of your sins if you believe God likes to forgive and that he hears and answers prayer. You don't NEED to "hear" a human voice say "You are forgiven;" it's just your earthly internal self-doubting human voice making you think you need that.
Your faith informs you that, of COURSE you are forgiven by an all-loving God who just heard your fervent, honest prayer.
You don't. Need. A priest. To tell you. You're forgiven.
You just are.
And thanks for mentioning the pedo gay priests, it's true it's a problem, BUT it turns out that elementary schools have more pedos and predators teaching than Catholic churches have. Probably because school teachers are ALWAYS around little kids, but Catholic priests are around all kinds of different people, NOT just kids. Elderly, adults, young adults, teens, and children and babies, but there are far fewer children and babies at churches than there are at schools, where it makes up 98% of the schools population.
The US Dept of Education has been following these numbers for a long time. Average yearly cases of child sexual abuse are as follows: Catholic Priests, 201 yearly cases, Public School Employees, 29,000 yearly cases. The difference is clear. Look into it if you'd like, it's a sobering read.
https://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/misconductreview/report.pdf
Sex Abuse its not just a Catholic problem. We just get all the publicity because its used as a hammer to get rid of celibacy. Protestants ignore their own sex abuse problems https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2021/04/how-protestant-churches-hid-sexual-abuse/
More than 375 leaders and volunteers in the Southern Baptist church have been charged with some form of sexual misconduct over the past 12 years. Over 200 of these volunteers and leaders pled guilty or were convicted for their crimes. However, the Southern Baptist Convention will not take significant steps to stop abuse in churches, claiming that each church should act independently to tend to this matter. As a result, several pastors and leaders who are registered sex offenders or accused of sexual misconduct are permitted to maintain their position in the church.
Several victims were pressured by their church leaders not to report sexual abuse. In some cases, victims were told that they brought on the abuse because of their sinful nature.