Amen. WWG1WGA 🙏✝️
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Non Catholic version: Father I pray to you in Jesus name... insert prayer here hehe
That’s right. No intermediary
Catholics do not pray to an intermediary. We simply ask for her to pray for us. Hence 'Holy Mary, Mother of God, PRAY for us sinners..'
You know, much in the same way that many non-Catholics ask their friends or family for their prayer when encountering hard times. In fact I see many now use the term almost as a throw away. 'Oh my kids are crawling up the walls today. Pray for me.'
Catholics figure if anyone can ask any ol' random sinner friend or family for help in prayer why not also be able to ask Mother Mary, who birthed our savior, for help in prayer.
That’s literally what an intermediary does.
And asking friends/family to pray for you is not the same thing. They actually know who you are and what you’re going through. We have no idea to what degree people in heaven are aware of people/events on earth, if at all. You also don’t pray to your family to pray for you, you just ask.
Catholics also pray to Mary because they believe that she was sinless and perfect in life. Which is unbiblical, as not only does Jesus gently chide her on occasion, when she first heard she would bear Jesus she rejoiced that her Savior had come. Why would she rejoice over a Savior if she was perfect and didn’t need one?
Lastly, Catholics do a lot more than just pray to Mary. In addition to the previously mentioned belief that she was perfect, the RCC has openly stated that they worship Mary and have dedicated feasts to her. I challenge anyone to find a single scriptural basis for such beliefs and practices.
You quote where I mentioned Catholics ASK Mary to pray for us then in the paragraph after that you yourself admit that you also ASK your family to pray for you.
So you accuse Catholics of having an intermediary for ASKING Mary to pray for us while also admitting that you also ASK your family to pray for you and, by your own definition, use your family as an intermediary.
I don't agree with your definition but simply pointing out your contradiction.
Then you appear to say that one can't ask someone else to pray for you if they don't know you or know what your going through. Since we're asking for scriptural (am I doing it right?) proof can you point out the part where we can ask for prayer from those we know and can not from those we don't know?
In regard to "feasts". This is done everyday all around the world in celebration for graduations, weddings....all kinds of stuff. Since when is dedicating a feast to anyone a sign of warship or an acknowledgment of recognition of a false deity?
As a Catholic I have never heard of the rest of what you mentioned being taught as Catholic doctrine. As a result I won't chase ghosts. I hope you don't expect people to entertain any random accusation without you having to provide some proof.