From one demon to the next. Francis is the anti-pope and there's enough strong evidence to back this up. He's also woke as fuck and has no business being in that seat.
Catholicism is evil as Pelosi can be! It's blasphemy to pray to Mary. Unfortunately, I was baptized under them, and sometimes I feel dirty and shameful about it! What to do in that case? Spiritual advice or guidance please.
It's not blasphemy. Can you ask a fren or pastor to pray for you? Yes.
This is the most common Catholic prayer in Spanish, translated below
Oh Dios, que por la resurrección de Tu Hijo, Nuestro Señor Jesucristo, has llenado el mundo de alegría, concédenos, por intercesión de su Madre, la Virgen María, llegar a los gozos eternos. Por Jesucristo Nuestro Señor. Amen.
literal translation
Oh God, through the resurrection of your son, our Lord Jesus Christ, you (God) have filled the world with joy, grant us by the intercession of his mother, the Virgin Mary, a coming to those eternal joys FOR Jesus Christ our Lord.
Notice what the prayer is asking, that we can attain that joy on Earth for the purpose of Jesus, so that through our joy we may offer our service to Jesus
Now here is the official English from BVM Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary dating back to 1883 (by Frances Clarke)
O God, who have been pleased to gladden the world
by the Resurrection of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ,
grant, we pray,
that through his Mother, the Virgin Mary,
we may receive the joys of everlasting life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
LOOK AT THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE, the Spanish prayer which is from the Catholic church directly (originally in Latin) asks for intercession, which is Biblical. It's not asking for salvation through Mary, simply that she intercedes for us (as your pastor or friend or own mother would) and fills our Earthly life with joy so we may better serve Him
The English prayer instead changes intercession to THROUGH and changes eternal joys to EVERLASTING LIFE. This is a major change and blasphemy. The true Catholic holds the Virgin Mary dear because she is Christ's and ultimately our mother, not because they worship her as diety. Lots of the issues with Catholicism aren't strictly from catechism but from PAGANISM woven in by the globalists.
Now what's nefarious is even the Salve Regina prayers in English are compromised. In Spanish Mary is simply referred to as Queen and mother of Christ, in English she is referred to as the Holy Queen much like the Pope is elevated. More false deification.
Don't be ashamed of your baptism, instead pray for those who defile His church. THE GLOBALISTS have been infiltrating and sabotaging the works of faith for century and pretty much every single pope except for JP2 has been antipope.
I was born and raised Roman Catholic. My parents baptised me as an infant. I had First Communion, First Penance, and Confirmation, and was an altar boy from 8 until 15 as well as a member of the Columbian Squires, a Knights of Columbus youth organization. My mother was a Catholic convert, and she was zealous in ways many multiple generation Catholics are not. I come from a very large family.
I became an agnostic in my later teens after reading the Bible.
The reason? There were too many contradictions in what the Word actually said as compared to the traditions and rituals I had been taught in Catholic school.
I remember serving as an altar boy for the May Crowning of Mary, right before school was out for the summer. I was standing in front of a statue of Mary in our Catholic school courtyard. We were singing hymns, starting out with Ave Maria. The priest then recited a prayer from his hymnal and sprinkled the statue of Mary twice with holy water before some of the younger children carried a crown of roses they presented to him. He placed the crown on the statue's head and we then sang Salve Regina.
I just so happened to have been reading Exodus and the story of the golden calf as well as the 2nd commandment forbidding the worship of idols.
Exodus 20:4-6
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
I realized this statue of Mary should never have been constructed in the first place, if we were truly following what the Bible said. I questioned why we were singing hymns to and crowning a statue, even though the training I received about the difference between worship and veneration was also kicking in as well, creating cognitive dissonance.
However, my rational, thinking brain won out. It was at this point I realized the Popes were just making things up.
And, yes, my memory can be both a blessing and a curse.
Of course, the Catholics pretend this commandment doesn't even exist and split the 10th commandment into two commandments to cover up that fact.
Reconcile this commandment about graven images with the statues of Jesus, Mary, and the saints, and it's no wonder they had to throw it out.
Here's the Catholic Ten Commandments taken from a Catholic source-
I am the LORD your God. You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve.
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.
Honor your father and your mother.
You shall not kill.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Here's the 10th commandment as it reads in the King James Version-
Exodus 20:17
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Compare that to
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.
The Catholic Catechism covers these in great detail-
For the record, I love my family and many of them are still devout Catholics. I know they love Jesus and follow the teachings devoutly. I pray they can remain faithful and claim the promise to the members of the church in Thyatira who have not known the depths of Satan.
Revelation 2:18-25
18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
I believe there are Catholics who are demonic and do understand the symbolism of what they really worship (esoteric vs. exoteric), and are the ones who knowingly teach falsehoods to the millions upon millions of Catholics who were born into this religion and do believe in God, and do worship his Son, and do many works and donate their time and money to the poor and less fortunate. I believe these Catholics who practice these things in error will be covered and corrected, but not condemned, on the Day of Judgment.
And after all of that, I would say when I did become a believer again, I was compelled to be baptised by water and did so with my wife.
You said you are/were ROMAN Catholic. Then you know there are Catholics who are not of the Latin/Roman rite. I too have seen people talking to plaster statues in Roman churches but I cant see into their hearts if that statue is meant to remind them of that particular saint. We have icons in our churches specifically made to not look like a photo of a saint; Most icons in our churches show events in Jesus' life.
I am old enough to remember Vatican 2. Every day in religion class sister said she will follow the developments and report to us. Finally she said all the developments were related to Roman Catholics and does not affect us at all. All our churches stayed the same, very traditional.
In the years that followed I would occasionally go to a Roman Catholic church and was appalled at the level of disrespect before the Tabernacle, immodest dress*, parishioners fussing coming late and leaving early, mothers shouting over pews talking about Johnny's birthday party yesterday while others are praying the rosary. Even some homilies by Vat 2 priests.
Only 1 RC priest I heard say when he was in seminary the priest in charge would tell him 'you can skip that part' in mass. His response was I want to do it right, according to canon law.
Though we are considered 'under Rome' we have a Patriarch who oversees all that comes from Rome and determines if this is correct and can be followed.
I once saw in church a 30-something year old woman with a very low cut halter top and short-SHORT cut off jeans. She literally had to put her fingers up her crotch to pull down a little bit. As she went to communion her husband seemed pleased at all the people watching her.
I'm sorry you are so misled and confused. Asking for intercession is all anyone should do, honoring the human closest to God is not idolatry. Would you ask an uncle, for example, to put in a good word for you to the boss of a company he is close to, if you wanted a job there, or if you were asking for the company to donate to a charity you're working with? Does that asking for intercession mean you are worshipping your uncle? Do you talk to any deceased relatives? Are you worshipping them? Do you show any honor to any person of great accomplishment? Are you worshipping them?
Of. Course. Not. At least I'd hope not. Sone of these drooling fools who follow celebrities or royalty nowadays do seem to worship them.
The psychopaths and power lusters of any era will try and take over any institutions that have control or influence over people. In a bygone era, the Catholic church was socially the most powerfull institution and thus taken over by psychopaths by subverting what Jesus taught. God is not a being, God is being and the whole "skydaddy" concept, with the pope as his unquestionable authority on earth, was always a scam. Our modern psychopaths pulled the same trick and now make claims to speak for The Science(tm) and also claim unquestionable authority, e.g. fauci.
Fortunately, this obvious attempt at a regression to an earlier state of social control won't work as many people are on to the trick. Moreover, you don't need a pope or pastor to perceive the power of being. It is everywhere, within you and without you.
From one demon to the next. Francis is the anti-pope and there's enough strong evidence to back this up. He's also woke as fuck and has no business being in that seat.
Audience Hall is the head of the Serpent. The Pope is the voice of the Serpent. It is that simple.
Catholicism is evil as Pelosi can be! It's blasphemy to pray to Mary. Unfortunately, I was baptized under them, and sometimes I feel dirty and shameful about it! What to do in that case? Spiritual advice or guidance please.
If you were having surgery tomorrow and asked me to pray for you... why me, I may be a bigger sinner than you so how does that help you.
But if I ask Mary to intercede for you, that would pull more weight. Holy Mary, Mother of God PRAY FOR US sinners. Who are we asking her to pray too?
Since you feel dirty and shameful being baptized catholic, what denomination are you associated with now?
Im a Christian without a church for now. Though I might visit a baptist church near my place
It's not blasphemy. Can you ask a fren or pastor to pray for you? Yes.
This is the most common Catholic prayer in Spanish, translated below
Oh Dios, que por la resurrección de Tu Hijo, Nuestro Señor Jesucristo, has llenado el mundo de alegría, concédenos, por intercesión de su Madre, la Virgen María, llegar a los gozos eternos. Por Jesucristo Nuestro Señor. Amen.
literal translation
Oh God, through the resurrection of your son, our Lord Jesus Christ, you (God) have filled the world with joy, grant us by the intercession of his mother, the Virgin Mary, a coming to those eternal joys FOR Jesus Christ our Lord.
Notice what the prayer is asking, that we can attain that joy on Earth for the purpose of Jesus, so that through our joy we may offer our service to Jesus
Now here is the official English from BVM Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary dating back to 1883 (by Frances Clarke)
O God, who have been pleased to gladden the world by the Resurrection of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, grant, we pray, that through his Mother, the Virgin Mary, we may receive the joys of everlasting life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
LOOK AT THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE, the Spanish prayer which is from the Catholic church directly (originally in Latin) asks for intercession, which is Biblical. It's not asking for salvation through Mary, simply that she intercedes for us (as your pastor or friend or own mother would) and fills our Earthly life with joy so we may better serve Him
The English prayer instead changes intercession to THROUGH and changes eternal joys to EVERLASTING LIFE. This is a major change and blasphemy. The true Catholic holds the Virgin Mary dear because she is Christ's and ultimately our mother, not because they worship her as diety. Lots of the issues with Catholicism aren't strictly from catechism but from PAGANISM woven in by the globalists.
Now what's nefarious is even the Salve Regina prayers in English are compromised. In Spanish Mary is simply referred to as Queen and mother of Christ, in English she is referred to as the Holy Queen much like the Pope is elevated. More false deification.
Don't be ashamed of your baptism, instead pray for those who defile His church. THE GLOBALISTS have been infiltrating and sabotaging the works of faith for century and pretty much every single pope except for JP2 has been antipope.
I was born and raised Roman Catholic. My parents baptised me as an infant. I had First Communion, First Penance, and Confirmation, and was an altar boy from 8 until 15 as well as a member of the Columbian Squires, a Knights of Columbus youth organization. My mother was a Catholic convert, and she was zealous in ways many multiple generation Catholics are not. I come from a very large family.
I became an agnostic in my later teens after reading the Bible.
The reason? There were too many contradictions in what the Word actually said as compared to the traditions and rituals I had been taught in Catholic school.
I remember serving as an altar boy for the May Crowning of Mary, right before school was out for the summer. I was standing in front of a statue of Mary in our Catholic school courtyard. We were singing hymns, starting out with Ave Maria. The priest then recited a prayer from his hymnal and sprinkled the statue of Mary twice with holy water before some of the younger children carried a crown of roses they presented to him. He placed the crown on the statue's head and we then sang Salve Regina.
I just so happened to have been reading Exodus and the story of the golden calf as well as the 2nd commandment forbidding the worship of idols.
Exodus 20:4-6
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
I realized this statue of Mary should never have been constructed in the first place, if we were truly following what the Bible said. I questioned why we were singing hymns to and crowning a statue, even though the training I received about the difference between worship and veneration was also kicking in as well, creating cognitive dissonance.
However, my rational, thinking brain won out. It was at this point I realized the Popes were just making things up.
And, yes, my memory can be both a blessing and a curse.
Of course, the Catholics pretend this commandment doesn't even exist and split the 10th commandment into two commandments to cover up that fact.
Reconcile this commandment about graven images with the statues of Jesus, Mary, and the saints, and it's no wonder they had to throw it out.
Here's the Catholic Ten Commandments taken from a Catholic source-
https://www.beginningcatholic.com/catholic-ten-commandments
Here's the 10th commandment as it reads in the King James Version-
Exodus 20:17
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Compare that to
The Catholic Catechism covers these in great detail-
9th commandment - http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c2a9.htm
10th commandment - http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c2a0.htm
For the record, I love my family and many of them are still devout Catholics. I know they love Jesus and follow the teachings devoutly. I pray they can remain faithful and claim the promise to the members of the church in Thyatira who have not known the depths of Satan.
Revelation 2:18-25
18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
I believe there are Catholics who are demonic and do understand the symbolism of what they really worship (esoteric vs. exoteric), and are the ones who knowingly teach falsehoods to the millions upon millions of Catholics who were born into this religion and do believe in God, and do worship his Son, and do many works and donate their time and money to the poor and less fortunate. I believe these Catholics who practice these things in error will be covered and corrected, but not condemned, on the Day of Judgment.
And after all of that, I would say when I did become a believer again, I was compelled to be baptised by water and did so with my wife.
You said you are/were ROMAN Catholic. Then you know there are Catholics who are not of the Latin/Roman rite. I too have seen people talking to plaster statues in Roman churches but I cant see into their hearts if that statue is meant to remind them of that particular saint. We have icons in our churches specifically made to not look like a photo of a saint; Most icons in our churches show events in Jesus' life.
I am old enough to remember Vatican 2. Every day in religion class sister said she will follow the developments and report to us. Finally she said all the developments were related to Roman Catholics and does not affect us at all. All our churches stayed the same, very traditional.
In the years that followed I would occasionally go to a Roman Catholic church and was appalled at the level of disrespect before the Tabernacle, immodest dress*, parishioners fussing coming late and leaving early, mothers shouting over pews talking about Johnny's birthday party yesterday while others are praying the rosary. Even some homilies by Vat 2 priests.
Only 1 RC priest I heard say when he was in seminary the priest in charge would tell him 'you can skip that part' in mass. His response was I want to do it right, according to canon law.
Though we are considered 'under Rome' we have a Patriarch who oversees all that comes from Rome and determines if this is correct and can be followed.
If you believe in Jesus go to a church and be baptized for the forgiveness of your sins.
I'm sorry you are so misled and confused. Asking for intercession is all anyone should do, honoring the human closest to God is not idolatry. Would you ask an uncle, for example, to put in a good word for you to the boss of a company he is close to, if you wanted a job there, or if you were asking for the company to donate to a charity you're working with? Does that asking for intercession mean you are worshipping your uncle? Do you talk to any deceased relatives? Are you worshipping them? Do you show any honor to any person of great accomplishment? Are you worshipping them?
Of. Course. Not. At least I'd hope not. Sone of these drooling fools who follow celebrities or royalty nowadays do seem to worship them.
Bitch needs an exorcism
The psychopaths and power lusters of any era will try and take over any institutions that have control or influence over people. In a bygone era, the Catholic church was socially the most powerfull institution and thus taken over by psychopaths by subverting what Jesus taught. God is not a being, God is being and the whole "skydaddy" concept, with the pope as his unquestionable authority on earth, was always a scam. Our modern psychopaths pulled the same trick and now make claims to speak for The Science(tm) and also claim unquestionable authority, e.g. fauci.
Fortunately, this obvious attempt at a regression to an earlier state of social control won't work as many people are on to the trick. Moreover, you don't need a pope or pastor to perceive the power of being. It is everywhere, within you and without you.