Common misunderstanding people have about Catholics praying to Blessed Mother Mary or Saints...Catholics don't pray to Mary or St. Anthony, St. Jude, etc.. Catholics ask Mary and the saints to pray for them. To intercede for them. Just like if I said I would pray for you if you needed prayer. That's what Catholics do - ask them to pray. (If someone is praying TO them, then they were misled somewhere.) Jesus is THE focus, and Our Lord and Savior - as with all our brothers and sisters in Christ.
I've never seen anyone bow to a statue of a saint. And MANY Catholics are not enamored with the Pope or the Vatican.
satan loves that Christians are divided. It's his goal. We are no match divided. Together though, as a united body of Christ, we will withstand his attacks. We all need to focus on who unites us. Not what divides us.
Your answer is the common Catholic answer of course. Lol
Did you know that when the children of Israel worshiped the golden calf - when they all bowed, asked for intercession, sang, celebrated, sacrificed, ate and drank around the molten image - they were all focused on the LORD God? Read it in Exodus.
Intercession = prayer. There is only 1 Interceder, Messiah and He commanded us to ask the Father directly in His Name.
I agree we need unity in the Body of Messiah. Satan has used a lot of wolves in sheep's clothing and hirelings over the millennia to cause disunity - because what unity can there be between light and darkness?
And this is the question that will only get more urgent to every follower of Messiah: Realistically, what unity do the Pope and I have that I would give him my spiritual allegiance?
Common misunderstanding people have about Catholics praying to Blessed Mother Mary or Saints...Catholics don't pray to Mary or St. Anthony, St. Jude, etc.. Catholics ask Mary and the saints to pray for them. To intercede for them. Just like if I said I would pray for you if you needed prayer. That's what Catholics do - ask them to pray. (If someone is praying TO them, then they were misled somewhere.) Jesus is THE focus, and Our Lord and Savior - as with all our brothers and sisters in Christ.
I've never seen anyone bow to a statue of a saint. And MANY Catholics are not enamored with the Pope or the Vatican.
satan loves that Christians are divided. It's his goal. We are no match divided. Together though, as a united body of Christ, we will withstand his attacks. We all need to focus on who unites us. Not what divides us.
God bless you.
True. Satan not only hates us but he hates the Blessed Mother Mary.
Your answer is the common Catholic answer of course. Lol
Did you know that when the children of Israel worshiped the golden calf - when they all bowed, asked for intercession, sang, celebrated, sacrificed, ate and drank around the molten image - they were all focused on the LORD God? Read it in Exodus.
Intercession = prayer. There is only 1 Interceder, Messiah and He commanded us to ask the Father directly in His Name.
I agree we need unity in the Body of Messiah. Satan has used a lot of wolves in sheep's clothing and hirelings over the millennia to cause disunity - because what unity can there be between light and darkness?
And this is the question that will only get more urgent to every follower of Messiah: Realistically, what unity do the Pope and I have that I would give him my spiritual allegiance?