Candace - Woman was not a derogatory term in that day. He doesn't need to call her mother for her to be the mother. The bible is clear that she was Jesus' mother. How is this even an argument?
@@CatholicTruthOfficial please send me your email so that I can send out pictures. I grew up in the Catholic Church, all my family ever talked about was Mary and how special she was which I’m not neglecting, she was chosen and should be loved and respected. My own cousin went crawling on his knees to a statue of Mary and he bargained with her to heal my cousin from cancer. Not once did he give praise and worship or even go to Jesus, nope! He gave all the glory and praise to a false Mary, the Mary of the Bible won’t stand for it. She would say to listen to her son the perfect sinless one that went to the cross for you and me.
The Roman Catholic Church teaches, among other things, that Mary is the Queen of Heaven, a perpetual virgin, and the co-redemptress who ascended into heaven. In Scripture, she is portrayed as an obedient, believing servant of God, who became the mother of Jesus. None of the other attributes mentioned by the Roman Catholic Church have any basis in the Bible. The idea of Mary being the co-redemptress and another mediator between God and man is not only extra-biblical (found only outside of Scripture), but is also unbiblical (contrary to Scripture). Acts 4:12 declares that Jesus is the only redeemer. 1 Timothy 2:5 proclaims that Jesus is the only mediator between God and men.
That's the One!!! It's UnBiblical , it's Sinful!!! Neither GOD or JESUS CHRIST gave the Pope( who is a man but says that he is God on earth, God isn't God on Earth, the Pope is???? Hellooo) authority over their Their Divine selves to make Mary into another Pagan deity as the Romans did.
So what? So. What. The sun is bright. Grass is green. The sky is blue. Water is a liquid. Making a string of statements that in and of themselves are true is meaningless when they point to a big fat nothing burger as a whole. The Marian dogmas aren't found in the bible. The word bible isn't found in the bible. The word trinity isn't found in the bible. But lest I be guilty of a false equivalency fallacy, let's be realistic. Sola scriptura is NOT found in the bible. Sola Fide is not found in the bible. As a matter of fact, when the occurrences of the new testament happened in history, THERE WAS NO BIBLE. So what's your point? Christ didn't leave us a Bible, he left us a church. BTW a month and a half ago, I was you, believing as you did and lighting up the comments sections of every Roman Catholic heathen I could find. Then I decided I should study their doctrines so they can't tell me I don't know enough about what they believed. So I did, thoroughly. I started with the Catechism of Trent, and then moved onto the church fathers. Then to books. I'm now converting to Catholicism. I was the blind one. A month and a half ago, I was properly catechized and thoroughly schooled in protestant apologetics, and would have died for my protestant beliefs. Now I know protestantism is just wrong.
When you said “not only extra-biblical” you have already conceded that you are way out of the loop. Only a few comments above were some of these terms explained. You want to portray differing opinions negatively to make them out like they are something they are not. That is called - a strawman!
@@Karl_Arthur3 the burden of proof is on you who practice sola scriptura to prove that everything MUST be biblical. Where is sola scriptura found in scriptura? There are several protestant practices which find their origins in church history and tradition yet are unbiblical as well. The burden of proof on you Protestants, since you believe in Sola scriptura, is to tell me where I can find sola scriptira in scriptura. If you can't (and trust me you can't), then saying "IT'S NOT IN THE BIBLE SO IT'S FALSE HUR HUR HUR!!" is in and of itself, unbiblical tradition. In short, who says everything HAS to be found in the bible in order to be true? YOU??? 🤣🤣 THAT'S why there's 30,000 denominations of Protestants, all reading the same scripture but mutually exclusive and arguing with each other about its meaning, claiming to have the Holy Spirit. Luther got rid of one Pope in order to create as many Popes as there are heads. You need to do some studying on Marian doctrine before you go flapping your lips, and learn some Greek too. Christ is the one mediator between man and the Father. How can Christ be a mediator between God and man if Christ is God?
A whore is someone who sells themselves to others for money. Mary did not do this and there is no evidence of that except your hatred and bias. Second, Mary is alive forever in heaven and is perfected in peace, light, joy, beauty, and purity. She was completely pure on earth and is fully pure and beautiful in heaven. Thank you Jesus for your mother Mary.
Our Blessed Mother led me back to Jesus and the Church. I will always be grateful to her. I always ask her to pray and intercede for me and my loved ones. Jesus gave us Mary to be our mother and I will not go against Jesus.
I am a catholic myself. 1 Timothy 2:5( Only one mediator between God & men that is Lord Jesus Christ.) I encourage my Catholic Bros & sisters to read the Bible verses over and over again to come out of deception of Catholic Church. In order to understand the one need to study on RCC church History. Constantine's biography,POPE dynasty,RCC roles in Crusades, killing of Scientists. Etc.
I don’t agree with the Protestants nor other Unitarian sophism that they can interpret the Bible or the Bible interpret itself. If It were so simple, you wouldn’t need the church magisterium (Teachers in Ephesian 4:11), 1 Timothy 3:15 (“The church of the living God is the Pillar and ground of the truth”) and neither Peter had written 2 Peter 3:16 "He speaks about these things in all his letters. There are some matters that are hard to understand. The untaught and unstable will twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures." And of course humble hearts listens (they don’t revolt against) that authority Christ left to us. The authority of course is the Church not a Bible. An authority (the church) with teachers to interpret the scriptures and with Power to bind here on earth and in Heaven. Jesus didn’t hand us the Bible; he gave us the church.
@@annodomini7250 I would look back to the end of the previous chapter. Paul just got done quoting some Old Testament scripture concerning humility: "Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, 'He catches the wise in their craftiness,' and again, 'The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.' So let no one boast of men." - 1 Corinthians 3:18-21 So when Paul says, "Do not go beyond what is written, so you will not be puffed up against one another", he is likely saying: "Do not go beyond those writings I just cited concerning humility, so you won't be at enmity with each other." ... and that seems to fit much better into the context of the letter and the New Testament as a whole.
@@annodomini7250 That’s the magisterium interpretation not solely mine. Now how about you? How did you become an expert interpreter of the Bible? Do you have any apostolic linage?
@@annodomini7250 Were you baptized in the name of Paul? Better yet, allow me to quote 1 Corinthians 1:10, "I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgement." I'm glad you site 1 Corinthians as it is a letter addressing division. We should learn from it, I hope. Please explain 1 Corinthians 4:15-17, "For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you, then, be imitators of me. That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church." By being called to be imitators are we not then called to copy behaviors also? Now, I don't like to present this question, but what if St. Paul had a behavior that wasn't written about? It is a weak question but a potential happenstance nonetheless. This does however imply that there may be more to a Christ-like life. To my initial question, I imagine that it is safe to assume that the answer is "no." When we read 1 Corinthians 4:6 ("I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.") we have to ask if this statement is applied to the entirety of the Holy Bible, Sacred Scripture, Sacred Scripture and the letter, or to the letter only onto itself. Due to the time period of the letter, we can deduce that this statement does not apply to the entirety of the Holy Bible since it had not yet been compiled. If, and big if, 1 Corinthians 4:6 does pertain to the Holy Bible then perhaps we should be getting baptized in the name of Paul. For how could he have known that his letters would one day be compiled into the Holy Bible unless he himself were God? Therein lies a problem, he differentiates himself (in this same letter) from God. With that we can deduce that he is not God and therefore he was unknowing of what would happen to his letters in the days after his passing.
@@annodomini7250 So how do you believe in Jesus Christ Mr. expert; please explain. You appear to be knowledgeable than the apostles and their students or the apostolic fathers. Exactly; get behind me Satan. Distorting the scripture. I answered your question, yet you cannot even answer mine. Do you have apostolic roots or linage? I don’t agree with the Protestants nor other Unitarian sophism that they can interpret the Bible or the Bible interpret itself. If It were so simple, you wouldn’t need the church magisterium (Teachers in Ephesian 4:11), 1 Timothy 3:15 (“The church of the living God is the Pillar and ground of the truth”) and neither Peter had written 2 Peter 3:16 "He speaks about these things in all his letters. There are some matters that are hard to understand. The untaught and unstable will twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures." And of course humble hearts listens (they don’t revolt against) that authority Christ left to us. The authority of course is the Church not a Bible. An authority (the church) with teachers to interpret the scriptures and with Power to bind here on earth and in Heaven. Jesus didn’t hand us the Bible; he gave us the church.
Jesus Christ is GOD (the Son) made flesh (Incarnation) and makes perfect sense that he would choose to enter this world through a Holy Temple (The Virgin Mary)
@3:50 I hope people dont talk about their biological mothers in this way. Oh she only birthed me, carried me in her womb for 9 months...ect This is so sad, we should be Honoring our Father and Mothers with greater charity.
Can you explain this random prayer I pulled from a Catholic website? Please tell me how this isn't blasphemous worship?: MARY IMMACULATE, STAR OF THE MORNING MARY IMMACULATE, STAR OF THE MORNING CHOSEN BEFORE THE CREATION BEGAN, DESTINED TO BRING, THROUGH THE LIGHT OF YOUR DAWNING, CONQUEST OF SATAN AND RESCUE TO MAN. REFRAIN: BEND FROM YOUR THRONE AT THE VOICE OF OUR CRYING LOOK TO THIS EARTH WHERE YOUR FOOTSTEPS HAVE TROD STRETCH OUT YOUR ARMS TO US, LIVING AND DYING, MARY IMMACULATE, MOTHER OF GOD. WE SINNERS HONOUR YOUR SINLESS PERFECTION FALLEN AND WEAK, FOR GOD'S MERCY WE PLEAD. GRANT US THE SHIELD OF YOUR MIGHTY PROTECTION. MEASURE YOUR AID BY THE DEPTH OF OUR NEED. (REFRAIN)
Mary is the Theotokos-in Greek. Theo-God, Tokos-Bearer; Means Bearer of God or Mother of God. Mary died around 49AD (The daughter of Zion). She was brought back by John to Jerusalem from Ephesus (during that time, Jews wants to be buried in Jerusalem). There’s a tomb in Gethsemane called the tomb of Mary. When she died all the Apostles went back to Jerusalem (Acts 15, during the council of Jerusalem) to see her at the tomb. When they returned to the tomb to add more spices (Thomas was late Again), she was gone, because from there, she was assumed into Heaven (The Assumption, hence, the reason why you cannot find Mary’s bones in all the churches). Unlike the Apostles & Saints, their bones are all scattered around the word (in Catholic Churches Only, no other denominations). To understand Mary, you have to go back to the Old Testament, from the time of King Solomon, the Queen Mother, they called the Gebirah. Mary is called the Mother of God because Jesus, the 2nd person in the Trinity has two natures (is both Human & Divine). Hence, when Jesus was conceived and born (Luke1:35), she became the Mother of Jesus, the 2nd Divine Person in the Trinity. She’s also the New Arc of the Covenant (Psalms132), (Revelation 11:19), Genesis 3:15), and Queen of Heaven (Revelation12:1-6). The last words of Jesus to John, the disciple (John 19: 27) “Behold thy Mother”. Hopefully, the above can help people to understand & accept Mary as the Mother of God and our Mother in Heaven & to give her the utmost respect and honor. Amen.
@@parrisroy So the Bible is wrong is what you’re saying? The Apostolic fathers were wrong? You’re the enlightened and the expert in the Bible I see? Please give us the verse where it says everything has to be in the Bible? Did Jesus leave us a Bible? Or he left us the Traditions and the Church?
@@bobdobbs943 Worship Mary? Who told you we are worshiping Mary? Can you quote that verse in the Bible that we worship Mary? So Mary is not the new Eve? The new Arc of the Covenant and the Queen of Heaven? Before you make accusations, provide evidence we worship Mary.
"O Lady, since thou art the dispenser of all graces, and since the grace of salvation can come only through thy hands, our salvation depends on thee." St. Bernardine of Siena If this isn't worship, nothing else ever will be! Ex catholic of 53 years! Freed from the shackles of the RCC!
Praise be to God! Thank you for letting us know. We have so many videos that will probably help with your questions. God bless. If we can be of help in any way, let us know.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial praise be to god indeed that he has led me through a very painful and intensive searching period. Since a long time I feel a glimpse of hope. It can be very confusing to sort out truth and lies in christianity but I think genuine prayers will be answered. You go on doing the good work of god, your channel is gold
It turns out she doesn't love the young children abused by the pedos in your church. Of all her apparations she has never once warned about these evils done to children but she is overly concerned about Russia
@@wesleysimelane3423 she doesn't specifically explicitly say whose doing Wat bc it is so much more than during the days of Fatima. In our modern times, in addition to other sins, there are millions of innocent babies being murdered via abortion. She asks us that we pray for forgiveness and repentance for this huge additional amount of offenses/sins being done to Her Son.
@@wesleysimelane3423 Its the human will to obey or not. So in your reasoning, even Jesus shouldn't have allowed any kind of evil on earth from then to now?
"Mother," Our Lord says to her, " I can refuse you nothing. If Hell could repent, you would obtain its pardon. " From the famous book: The cure of Ars by Saint John Vianney
Mary and nor did Peter die on the cross or come back from the dead for our sins. The HOLY BIBLE states that "For ALL have sinned(including Mary) and all fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23. God chose a woman named Mary to be the mother of Jesus; yes she is to be honored for her obedience to God. No where in the Bible is it stated that she is a co-mediatrix or co-redemptrix. "It is finished", which Jesus cried out from the cross means so many things...1 we need not go to a man priest anymore to make petition or confess sins. If it quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, walks like a duck...is it a duck? Just saying!!!
While I'm on my soapbox, Roman Catholics, do a word study of the word rock and you will learn from the Old Testament through the New Testament that JESUS ALONE IS THE ROCK of our salvation (body of Christ church) NOT PETER. Jesus is the cornerstone of our faith as all Chistians are living stones as Peter is a living stone as well. 1 Peter 2:5 Jesus is our Great High Priest..not any man.
Ok … but Mary isn’t integral to salvation… she can’t save …she has no power… so help me understand why even consider Mary at all??? Yes we honor her for her role she played in getting the Saviour prepared for us , but other than that , Mary shouldn’t have a place when we speak of what God is doing …. But if I’m wrong , please help educate me…
Mary doesn't save us, but she was integral to the salvation process by the will of God. All God's choices are perfect and God's perfect choice to bring salvation into this world was through Mary.
When you say pray do you mean ask on our behalf? Because when people hear pray they would probably be like, why does she have pray like we do if she is in heaven? So because of that, I think of it as a petition or request not a silent in the mind prayer.
The biggest miracle in the 20th century witnessed by reporters from around the world and about 70,000 people was the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. Thats a fact that is not in the bible but true! 🕯Hail mary full of grace the Lord is with thee...🕯🙏🏼
What i am about to say here is about Mother Mary, something that i had experienced one night back in 1987, i do not care if anyone does not believe in anything i say, for that does not matter, as i have been rejected for 36yrs every time i speak about it, i will try and keep it short, i had a true vision with Mother Mary one night back in 1987, for i was just like anyone of the earth, but Mary appeared in my room, this beautiful light came into the bedroom, and Mother Mary was this light, She was so very perfect of Her beauty and Her smile gave you peace, when Mary spoke it was a loving voice from Her heart, i wont go into all here, we spoke for a time, and She asked me if i would warn the people to return back to Her Son Jesus, before Mary left that night, She opened her arms out towards me, and light came from Her hands and heart and this light hit my chest and heart, and i cried like a river flowing, those tears where not tears of sorrow, but of joy and loving happiness flowing through me, a love that words can not explain, it is something i will never forget as long as i live. Anyway, i tried to tell people for over 36yrs of what i saw that night and the love i felt, and very quickly most people turned against me, lost family members because they thought i was crazy, friend would not want me around them, and it ended my own marriage of 23yrs, who am i, no one, your faith and your prayers are what matters, all i can tell you here is to pray with a true heart, i have been rejected many years now, but you know, Mother Mary did not reject me, Her Son Jesus did not reject me, they embraced me, people rejected me whom i loved. all i have done for 36yrs is to watch and listen, to pray alone, but i am not alone, for the people who need prayer more than we know, the nations and the islands, the lost soul's and the found, the lonely, the poor, the widows and the widowers, the youth, the children, the sick and dying. God Bless.
@@jamestempleton553 that is good to know, that your brother in law had the same experience as i had with Mary, i guess he has met with people who turn against him when he talks about it, i know he would of told you about how Mother Mary looked and how beautiful she is, and the love that comes from her, the hard part is explaining it to others around you, i have many of my own family and friends turn against me because of that night with Mother Mary, even to this day no one will talk to me as they still think i am crazy, no matter what is going on around them, they still can't see what is going on, i just pray for them, as it is far easy to do that than talk about Mother Mary to them, i do understand what your brother in law would have felt after seeing Mother Mary as i still feel today about Her, as She is very stunning and lovely woman and She cares very much, Thank you James for letting me know about your brother in law and hope all is blessed in him and all who believe in his time with Mother Mary, Bless you all and hold dear in your heart your prayers.
What you saw was delusional and that wasn't Mary that was the devil deceiving you even the demons from hell can clone themselves to deceive people like you
@@caseyoliver4718 what happened to me that night, changed my life, it led me back to Jesus and prayer, we are need something that we can hold to these days, if what i saw that night was the devil, then it is only me that is going to hell, everyone around me turned against me, and did Jusus not say, Love your enemy, i do understand what you are saying, but i can't shake the love that entered my heart that night, all i knew that no one on earth can carry a love like that, but who am i to say anything, i am just a person like yourself, hoping one day we can hold on to our faith somehow, i am too old to debate what i saw alone, i do hope that you hold true to what you know, God Bless.
Things I find irritating….. 1. When we Catholics are told that we depend on good deeds for our salvation. 2. The false claim that the Catholic Church teaches all Catholics go to Heaven. Not. 3. The false claim that we consider the pope a god. 4. That we are told that we worship a goddess. No we don’t. 5. That we are told we disregard Sacred Scripture. Said no catholic church teaching ever.
Veneration of Mary and the saints ? Mary as the queen of heaven in the interpretation of Revelation 12 ? Brian should debate with Mike Gendron, Leonardo Chirico, Richard Bennet etc. Biblical Christians believe the virgin Mary is an instrument used by God. Conceived by the Holy Spirit to deliver the Lord. She is the earthly mother of Christ. Luke says she is the mother of the Lord.
For you to pray to her was she resurrected by Christ? If so please enlighten me. Is she not dead? I read through the gospels of the Apostles nowhere does it say she is Alive. Revelation is in the end times. What proof do you have she is on heaven? As far as I am concerned Mary is dead! Mary is the mother of Jesus! When the Christ began His work in John 2:4 He referred to her as "WOMAN" Why 2000 years later do you refer to her as Mother Mary when Jesus Christ called her woman. Something wrong Somewhere. There is a difference between Jesus(the child) . And Jesus Christ(the messiah). The transfiguration is proof of this.
When he begins to eat the body of Mary and drink the blood of Mary like we do our Lord Jesus, THEN you can worry about scandal in the Catholic church. Until then, you really need to understand this concept 1st. Peace!!!
Justas, thanks for the beautiful prayer. You have not read St. Alphonsus Ligouri accept that which you cut and pasted out of context from somewhere on the internet. That's shallow intellectualism. He definitely had a devotion to Mary, but you would have to understand what that devotion was first and the purpose of it. The end result of all his prayers and affections is Jesus through Mary. He knows Mary is going to bring all of his prayers and devotion perfectly to Jesus. That's why he says, "From thee I implore *a true love for Jesus Christ.* His whole goal was to love Jesus more deeply and faithfully.
@@Justas399 catholic truth is a wonderful person and i love him. I trust one day he will be saved. I dont envy his position. He reminds me of a lawyer defending a guilty as sin client.
@@Justas399 Justas read the prayer again. Read it for word for word. And then you might understand what I mean.🙂 There is alot words in it that should be going to God. I am a catholic but that prayer is very confusing.
“You must not worship any other gods except me. “You must not make any idols. Don’t make any statues or pictures of anything up in the sky or of anything on the earth or of anything down in the water. Don’t worship or serve idols of any kind, because I, the Lord, am your God. I hate my people worshiping other gods. People who sin against me become my enemies, and I will punish them. And I will punish their children, their grandchildren, and even their great-grandchildren. Exodus 20:3-5
That's why we made this video to clear up the misconceptions of persons like yourself who think we worship Mary or statues, and neither is true. The Bible doesn't say never to make statues, it says don't make idols to worship. You're misquoting and misunderstanding scripture.
The New ark of covenant and woman cloth with the sun and the moon in her feet and seeds of woman and the serpent seeds and lord God put enmity between them
The Lord Jesus shall NOT SHARE HIS GLORY! NEVER! IT SHALL NOT BE SPLIT BETWEEN HE AND MARY! STOP EXALTING MAN RATHER THAN GOD HIMSELF! HE SHALL NOT SHARE HIS GLORY!!!!
*_The Lord Jesus shall NOT SHARE HIS GLORY! NEVER!_* Actually scripture teaches that God bestows this glory of his on his children Psalm 84:11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. Isaiah 46:13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory. *_STOP EXALTING MAN RATHER THAN GOD HIMSELF! HE SHALL NOT SHARE HIS GLORY!!!!_* Scripture also teaches we are now in glory, and we are destined for glory. Romans 2:6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:.......10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 1 Corinthians 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; Colossians 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Colossians 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. There's plenty more promises for those who become children of God. (2 Thess. 1:11-12;, 2 Thess. 2:14; 2 Tim. 2:10; Heb. 2:9-10; 1 Pet. 1:7, 5:4.) Hope this help God Bless
or rather ~Happy@@Matt-1926 That's what happens when you actually read the Bible! I think there is also a commandment in there somewhere of honoring your Father and Mother.
If the land Jerusalem that Jesus Christ walked on is Holy, imagine the womb that bore him..🙏🙏 She was the powerful woman on Earth that ive believed, admired n loved the most.❤❤
"O Lady, since thou art the dispenser of all graces, and since the grace of salvation can come only through thy hands, our salvation depends on thee." St. Bernardine of Siena If this isn't worship, nothing else ever will be! Ex catholic of 53 years! Freed from the shackles of the RCC!
I am a Catholic. I must say that although the doctrine of the Church does not advocate worship of Mary, the message on the layman level is that Mary is "salvation ". Pray the Rosary, devote yourself and consecrate yourself to Mary-- on and on. The practical consequence is that people do indeed pray to Mary. Now Mary is blessed among women. There is a sane and correct space between Protestant minimizing Mary and Catholics wanting to declare Mary " co- redemtrix".
Thanks for the sober comment. I don't know any Catholics you think Mary is salvation. What we think that Mary leads us to Jesus and is a model of following Jesus and so we try to imitate her example and following her son. Co-redemptrix has nothing to do with worship or even her being a redeemer in any way. Not sure if you knew that.
@Catholic Truth no, I did not know that " co-redemtrix " did not mean that Mary is not " co-redeemer" . I guess that's one example of the Church's extremely poor catechesis. One thing I do know and see in the pews is the actual prayer that goes on to Mary. I have come to believe that this is why there is so very little mention of Mary in the NT. The Apostles, even John, with whom she lived, have anything to say about her and any role she has as anything but a human maiden who is blessed because she said "yes " to the Holy Spirit. The Church has extrapolated a whole other theology from that.
No, it only means that she can hear our prayers by the power of God working in and through her. We all possess characteristics of God by being baptized into Christ. For example, human beings cannot cast out demons, heal the blind, or raise the dead, and yet we can by the power of God. Into Supernatural things by his Spirit working in us. It's the same thing for those in heaven who are perfected in Christ power and righteousness. Does that make sense?
We don't worship Mary. She's only a human being. Only God is God peread you might want to watch some more of our videos to see what we really believe or start by watching this one anyway.
The Bible says imitate Jesus. I honor Mary but I don't ask for her intercession as Jesus is our only mediator to God. The Bible doesn't read Mary being our mediator to Jesus. I love you all so much. Repent and shed the added things. Lord have mercy. 🙏🏻
Mary prays for us to Jesus who mediates between us and God. Every time ask a friend between you and Jesus go in between you and become a mediator. Yet, the Bible says that we can pray for one another. Whether you are a friend or family members or someone in heaven, we all go to Jesus, and Jesus who is the perfect mediator takes all of our prayers before God.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial but there's no reason or no law stating I must ask her to pray for me. Jesus gave me permission to pray to the Father through Him. That's just me taking the Savior at His Word. Love you and God bless. 🙏🏻
@@BibleLovingLutheran no one said there was a LAW or that you MUST pray to Mary or have her intercede for you. Why did you jump to that false dichotomy? Peace!!!
You, like the prayer above, need to read the Bible. Your ignorance is showing and I mean this in a nice way. There are many passages that either you haven't read, been told about or simply don't remember that defy what you have said. "Bible doesn't read Mary being our mediator to Jesus" Actually it reads ANYONE can be a mediator.
Mary was just an instrument just as the nation of ISRAEL. FIND out why mary was honoured by GOD AND received such favour. Luke 8;19 Then Jesus’ mother and His brothers came up toward Him, but they could not reach Him because of the crowd. 20 And He was told, “Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, asking to see You.” 21 But He answered, “My mother and My brothers are these who listen to the word of God and do it!”
She was not just an instrument, she was the chosen one of God. Oh, God's choices are perfect and her His perfect choice to bring all salvation into this world was through Mary. Your objection is a really poor one. We made a whole video refuting that. Jesus never rejected his mother. ua-cam.com/video/nHFNGlf5nLU/v-deo.htmlsi=caozjdoMAuBfwD-I
Jesus is our “Sabbath”. Without Jesus. There is no Sabbath. He is our rest, our peace. Mother Mary bore him in her womb. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
If Mary is the supreme saint and as queen of heaven and now a mediatrix, l like to know with her secrets from Fatima and other revelations, why she did not expose the physical and mental abuses of innocent children to her admirer's. Pope piusx2 onwards brought the dogma of Mary assumption to heaven, why did Mary not announce the evils done to her innocent lambs of God. Strange for such an exalted mother.
My Faith, has excelled in Catholic religion. I am delighted we have a place on our altar for Mary. Evermore today, in a world were women need to be respected and admired. The Catholic chruch always had Mary (a woman) respected and continues to love her, she rightly deserves her place within our prayers. People need to realise, this humble women, Is extremely close to her son in heaven. What harm is it we ask humbly through Mary to intercede for us? God bless you 🙏.
There is one mediator between God and Man. Jesus Christ. Stop making a god out of Mary. She cannot hear your prayers and she cannot answer your prayers. Only God can
@@camp5607 Hi Cam p., I suspect you might be from another recent religious background. I am not sure where you see I wrote Mary is GOD? Mary gave birth to GOD incarnate Jesus. So, we as Catholics recognise this saintly women as extra special, Mary gave birth to GOD on earth. You mentioned Mary can't hear us, and to stop making her into a GOD, the good news is we don't make her into a GOD, as Catholics we revere her and honour her. Can you show me your evidence that she can't hear prayers? Mary is a wonderful and special mother the mother who said yes to bring GOD In the flesh to us to save the world. I hope this is clearer for you and might advice to look further into the Catholic faith and pick up some literature on how we see Mary. God bless 🙌 you
All who have a strong relationship with the risen Lord Jesus would not even think of trusting, seeking, adoring, following, obeying, and surrendering to anyone but Him.. On the other hand, if one does not have a strong relationship with Jesus, he or she opens themselves up to other venues not ever established or recommended by God.
CoolCut - There are a lot of errors in your one little sentence. 1. Having sex isn't a sin. 2. Having kids is not a sin and having a lot of kids isn't sinful. 3. She didn't have sexual relations with Joseph. 4. She didn't have a lot of kids. She was ever virgin. Hope that helps. God bless you and give you peace.
Caleb - God is not a liar, you just don't understand Scripture. All doesn't always mean all in Scripture, it is often a general statement for many or most. For example, "And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins." (Mark 1:5) We know that not all came to see him and be baptized because the Pharisees were from Jerusalem and refused to be baptized. So _all_ in the passage doesn't mean all. Same with this one. Even though it says ALL sinned, we know Jesus didn't sin. We also know that babies don't sin. The can't sin. Many who are mentally handicapped have no ability to sin either. In other words, there are exceptions to the rule.
You say it's not true but praying to her is a firm of worship. Here's the definition; Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication. In the narrow sense, the term refers to an act of supplication or intercession directed towards a deity or a deified ancestor.
Webster dictionary: Prayer - "Often used as a function word in introducing a question, *request* or plea." So exactly what we said. Vocabulary.com: The word pray can be used in an ordinary sense too such as, "I pray you'll really listen to my explanation." Pray comes from the Old French preier, "to pray," with its Latin root word, precari, to *"ask earnestly, beg, or entreat."* Again, exactly what we said in the video. Consider that please.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial why would I beg or entreat Mary? I would much rather go straight to the source. Mary never saved nor healed anyone in the Bible.
@@BibleLovingLutheran Nobody is making or insisting that you do beg or entreat Mary. It is only an option as she is the “highly favored” one in the bible. The Catholic church encourages you to go to Jesus in your prayers. In fact the Catholic church hopes one day you come to the table and eat His Body and drink His Blood!!! We dont do that with Mary. And as far as form goes, prayer can be worship but its not “necessary” worship. At least I hope worship is more than prayer as true worship is spirit and truth. Prayer is the form of communication we use for our worship to God. We humans have, like all things, distorted its basic meaning into worship bit worship is much more than that. So how about if we ask from this angle - what do you call the form of communications when one rebukes the devil? Whatever form or name you give that, and if you still dont like using the word “prayer” for communicating with Mary and the saints, can you give us a word we can use somewhere in the middle? Somewhere that does not lend to worship and at the same time does not lend to criticism. Peace!!!
@@BibleLovingLutheran First I need to ask, have you never asked someone to pray for you? Or someone you knew? "Mary never saved nor healed anyone in the Bible." You forget Jesus's first public miracle. You also are ignoring the pray part and turning it into an ability she does not possess. No one is asking Mary to perform a miracle. They are asking her to ask her Son. Like she "asked" at Cana (they are out of wine). As those in the past asked the Queen to intercede for them. (the queen was the kings mother) Funny how Protestants reduce everything down to an OR. Ask Mary OR ask Jesus. Don't you realize that the AND function is much better? Ask Jesus AND ask Mary...and anyone else you know and some people you don't know!!! If you don't understand that then re-read the part about the neighbor who has a guest and is knocking on the door. Or the judge who is being bothered by the woman. Or maybe how "the prayers of a righteous man availeth much" You just plain need to read the Bible.
What about a saint? "O Lady, since thou art the dispenser of all graces, and since the grace of salvation can come only through thy hands, our salvation depends on thee." St. Bernardine of Siena If this isn't worship, nothing else ever will be! Ex catholic of 53 years! Freed from the shackles of the RCC!
@@ninjaked1265 *2 Corinthians 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.*
@@CatholicTruthOfficial yes she did its in the Bible. After she had Jesus she had multiple sons and daughters, it even names them specifically. Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.” And he did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief. Matthew 13:55-58 ESV
Have a blessed All Saints Day 😇 Sad That Prostestants don't see the Message from Luke 1:26-38 & in Genesis 3:14-15 It's say's about I will put enimity between thee & her seed; We honor Mary & the Saints Revelations 8:3-4- & Jesus Christ only Saves a few Prostestants have respect like the Anglicans Epispalians & Eastern Orthodox" But the Holy Catholic Apostolic Church We go by the Bible & we wrote the Bible" God bless & Christ Save us & Jesus Mary and Joseph Pray for Us"🙏🛐😇🗝️🗝️💯 Catholic"⛪📖✍️
Your comment doesn't make sense. Jesus is perfect, so for you to ask for a scripture to back that up doesn't make any sense. And you missed the point that was being made in the video. You might want to give it another go.
Yes blessed Mother Mary said to the apostle Do Whatever He Say,and at the foot of the cross JESUS said, Son.here's Your Mother 😇,,She truly our Mother🙏🙏🙏
As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!” But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”. you guys are lying to your self's
That's a very bad argument and doesn't prove anything. We have an entire video debunking that verse. Did Jesus reject his mother? Not remotely. Mary IS blessed (Lk. 1:48) ua-cam.com/video/nHFNGlf5nLU/v-deo.htmlsi=Ot3LVsjamd_2RZdi
when did i say Jesus rejected his mother. and do you see what Jesus was saying. marry isn't some divine holy person just because she birthed Jesus its because she believed in Jesus that why she was saved, Jesus said blessed are the people that hear Gods words and obey it, meaning that woman just like guys do was trying to put marry on a divine level but Jesus said no. this is what im talking about, you guys only follow what you guys think is right and not what is@@CatholicTruthOfficial
Yeah, no, that's complete nonsense, I don't know any Christian anywhere that says Mary was not blessed in being the one chosen to carry Christ to unto his birth. Ever. Now, that Catholics warp this into lifting her into some mystical office that she currently holds where you're supposed to pray or talk to her or think she is any sort of mediator or intercessor of any kind today is frankly unbibical and gross.
We have heard countless Protestants say that Mary is not blessed. We're not making that up. It's from experience. I'm glad you agree she's blessed to though. And intercessory prayer is actually very biblical for people in the body of Christ can pray for one another. Mary and the Saints are part of the body of Christ still and therefore can pray for one another unless you have a scripture where it says they can't. Because there are scriptures where it says the Saints in heaven bring all our prayers before God (i.e. Rev 5:8)
@@CatholicTruthOfficial Sorry, no, you're still trying to be sly and deceptive. "Is Blessed" in your way is not the same as "was blessed". She "was blessed" in that she was chosen to carry Jesus the Savior to his birth, in the way that the Bible actually says and Mary herself actually recognizes that she was blessed. Every non-Catholic Bible believer I've ever known agrees with this. But your bizarre twisting of this into "Mary IS Blessed" as if with a capital "B", in that she somehow currently holds some special office that other passed-on believers don't have, with special powers and authority and sway with God that other passed-on believers don't have, is strange and wildly unbiblical, and I'm not surprised that born again people don't agree with you that Mary is such a thing. This is also kind of evident in your capital "S" as in "Saints", which the Catholic church makes some specially canonized office conferred posthumously on some special class of believers by the Catholic church, but the New Testament is clear that all born again, all believers, are saints. For example, in Ephesians 4, or; 1 Corinthians 6" 1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? 2 Do ye not know that *the saints* shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged *by you,* are *ye* unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that *we* shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? 4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge *who are least esteemed in the church.* You're not a saint, because you're trying to get to heaven the Roman Catholic way, not by receiving eternal life and justification before God the Biblical way - a free gift by grace, by faith on Christ, without works, not at all by or through works of righteousness which we have done (Romans 4, Romans 11:5-6, Titus 3:5-7 etc). But to the point, note your sly shift in your response to me, in praying FOR other believers, when I was talking about praying TO believers who have passed on. I see no example in the New Testament where any saved person prays to a passed-on Mary or any other passed-on saved person, or is instructed to do so. Considering the pattern in Deut. 18:10 I would definitely advise against it, and in fact it does tell us that through Christ, the ONE mediator between God and man, through what he has done, we may come straight to the throne boldly and directly; Heb. 4: 14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. So no, I'm not buying what you're saying. But I do sincerely hope you will get out of that Catholic church and find the Christ of the Bible and the life he brings.
Amen. Mary did the will of God to perfection. So she was his mother in that aspect and also his mother by God's perfect will and design. All of God's choices are perfect, and God's perfect choice to be the mother of Jesus was Mary.
Please show me a verse where it says Mary is dead in heaven. To the contrary, she is alive in heaven. "God is not the God of the dead but of the living."
@@CatholicTruthOfficial show me where it says in the Bible to go to or pray to or whorship anyone else besides our lord and king Jesus? Please This is in the Bible for you: John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” This explains it all, saying other wise or adding to it is blasphemy. For arguments sake let’s say Mary didn’t die in the flesh but got taken up with shoes and all up to heaven, saying that she can hear and answer prayers that are for Jesus is wrong. You would be basically saying she has the same authority and power as Jesus, omnipresent. True? I don’t understand why you just can’t go to our savior, I really don’t. It completely baffles me.
Actually it does. The Bible is clear that God honors certain people and says we must honor them as well. The Bible also says we must honor our religious leaders with double honor.
Catholic truth I have a doubt In luke 11:27 a woman tries to exalt mary but jesus says blessed are those who obey the word of god,the protestants think "maybe jesus never exalted mary or called her as mother but woman"How can I reply to them the correct meaning
The Greek word Menoun can mean rather, or it can mean truly, doubtless, surely or verily which in this case would confirm Mary's blessedness. Either way, it's not a slap to Mary as it is making a point that God is the most important thing in the world, even more than family, which Mary would agree. Luke 1:48 all generations will call Mary blessed. Thus, she is blessed according to Scripture, and Protestants are trying to find anything little to use against her, even if it means "twisting the Scriptures to their own destruction."
Dear humble Pius Peter, in Luke 11:27, that woman in the crowd obviously believed that the Mother of Jesus is Blessed primarily BECAUSE of her BIOLOGICAL relationship with Jesus (i.e because she gave birth to Him and nursed Him). The response that Jesus gave her ("Rather, Blessed are they that hear the word of God and obey it") was NOT a denial of the fact that His Mother ought to be acclaimed as one who is Blessed -- Jesus was simply making that woman in the crowd realize that Mary's status as one who is Blessed has more to do with her OBEDIENCE than with her biological relationship with Him. His statement in Luke 11:28 doesn't EXCLUDE Mary because she clearly qualifies to be regarded as one who placed great importance on the virtue of OBEDIENCE. Scripture has examples of this fact eg (1) When the angel Gabriel appeared to her and told her what God wanted to do in her life, she didn't refuse or resist the will of God but expressed obedience to His will (Luke 1:38) (2) when Joseph was ordered by God to take his family and flee to Egypt, she obeyed and followed him (3) when Jesus entrusted her into the care of the beloved disciple, she obeyed the wishes of Jesus by going to stay in the home of that disciple (John 19:26-27) (4) Jesus instructed His disciples to wait together in Jerusalem for the coming of the holy Spirit. Mary obeyed this instruction and joined the disciples in waiting for the coming of the Spirit (Acts 1:14) Jesus would never refute the Blessedness of His beloved Mother. In fact, the Holy Spirit tells us she deserves to be called Blessed in the same manner that Jesus deserves to be called Blessed. The Holy Spirit inspired Elizabeth to declare: "Blessed are you among women, and Blessed is the fruit of your womb" (Luke 1:42). Both words "Blessed" in this verse are translations of the SAME Greek word "Eulogeo" -- a word which the new testament uses in particular reference to the Blessedness of Jesus Christ (Matthew 21:9; Matthew 23:39; Mark 11:9; Luke 13:35; John 12:13)
Matthew 1:23-25 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. 24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: 25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus. The Bible says “ HE KNEW HER NOT UNTIL AFTER HER FIRST BORN. Luke 1:34 34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I aknow not a man? Even Mary said it here. Text clearly show and emphases Joseph and Mary not knowing each other UNTILL AFTER THE FIRST BORN. NO ONE CAN COME AGAINST TRUTH.
@CatholicTruthOfficial u can debunk anything on the info highway called the inter et..so if we believe jesus we believe what he say..n even how u speak of mary ..its another god..u dont see it because its your religion...god took me out of islam but its how we referenced Mohammad u do the same with mary as a catholic...u out her as Muslims put mohammad ..as a partner..call for pray..we have to call out for mohammad..say pbuh everytime we mention his name....it just is what it is n if we followin god in christ we gotta deal with these hard things..but please do explain also why he calls mary WOMAN in the scriptures..cuz being god he knew what was gonna be made cuz of his story
@@CatholicTruthOfficial No problem. Some questions then: What do the titles Queen of Heaven and Mediatrix of all Graces signify? How is prayer to Mary for my own salvation and resistance to temptation any more effectual (or necessary) than praying so directly to God our Father through Christ?
Thank you for the questions. We are only getting back to all of these comments on this video now. 1. According to the Bible, all the kings of Israel had their mothers as the queen sitting on a throne. They did not rule, but they were highly respected in the land and could intercede to the king. Jesus is a king in the line of David and so Mary would be the Queen Mother. (In Hebrew she was the Gibirah or "The Mother of My Lord".) This is the exact title Elizabeth used for Mary in Luke 1 when she said, "Who am I that _the mother of my Lord_ should come to me? So, she he is the king, that would make her the queen mother. Jesus isn't a king in Israel but in heaven, hence Queen of Heaven. (Also see Rev. 11:19-12:1. All the earliest Christians talked about Mary being the New Ark of the Covenant, and we see a picture of her in 12:1 giving birth to the male child Jesus. Mediatrix of graces means that Jesus is grace itself. Life itself. Power itself. All power, grace and life and salvation came into this world in the person of Jesus Christ but through Mary. God could have transported Jesus down to earth, but he chose to have Jesus come through Mary. So, she participated (by the grace of God) in the salvation process and bringing all grace into this world in a special way. It also means that God allows her to distribute his graces. (Of course, Mary is in perfect union with the Will of God and does everything He would want. She is subject to Him and worships His majesty eternally and would never go outside His perfect will.). We do pray for salvation and protection to Jesus and the Father, however, don't we ask friends and family to pray for us? "Mom, I feel I need more protection, I'm being attack, and I've been praying to Jesus but you can you say a prayer for me too? Thanks." So it's the same thing. We can ask Mary to pray and intercede for us but we know her prayers are infinitely more powerful than earthly prayers based on James 5:16 which says the prayer of the righteous man attains much with God. Mary and the Saints are perfected in Christ's righteousness in heaven and so their prayers are powerful. We still go to Jesus though as he is the source and end of all our prayers. Hope that helps.
That leads to BIG problems. For example, the early church worshiped in people's homes. Jesus never said to worship inside a _church._ Jesus never said to make a Bible or even to read a bible. Jesus never said you could own a car. Jesus was poor and gave up everything, he never said you could own a lot of things or anything at all. He did say you have to hate your parents and family in Mk 10. So, if we are just going to go by what Jesus said or didn't say, that's very problematic. Jesus said a lot more than was written down. He started a church and taught the church and gave his doctrines to the church. Only some of that was written down. This is not a great philosophy to live by. We have to go by the whole bible, not just by what Jesus said.
To say that catholics don't worship mary is like saying, "there's a tooth fairy." Why do they pray to her, ask for intersession, ask for her to pray for them, plus a mirriad of other things, and if that's not enough, why did the catholic church remove the gospel of mary from their bible?..
@@CatholicTruthOfficial no, I pray for them and for all the live saints.. they pray for me without my asking.. I don't pray for the dead neither do they..
@@CatholicTruthOfficial gee, I've been born again for over 50 years, and it's taken you that long to tell me something like that? TSK!! TSK!! What else can you tell me that the lord hasn't allready?..
Thank you for this. This is the only thing I am struggling with. I have accepted every other Catholic doctrines, and I have been attending mass. God is good
@Fishers of Men, think that over again, please! "O Lady, since thou art the dispenser of all graces, and since the grace of salvation can come only through thy hands, our salvation depends on thee." St. Bernardine of Siena If this isn't worship, nothing else ever will be! Ex catholic of 53 years! Freed from the shackles of the RCC!
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. This didnt make her the queen of heaven. Mary wasnt the only woman blessed above women.
That's because Jael was only blessed among women in the tent and wasn't the Mother of the King of Israel who always had their mother's as the queen Mother.
🌹🌹Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Luke 1:28 "And coming to her, he said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you." The Greek kecharitomene means favored by grace, graced. Its tense suggests a permanent state of being "highly favored," thus full of grace. Charity, the divine love within us, comes from the same root. God is infinite Goodness, infinite Love. Mary is perfect created goodness, filled to the limit of her finite being with grace or charity.Blessed art thou among women Luke 1:41-42a "When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, "Most blessed are you among women..." Luke 1:48 "For he has looked upon his handmaid's lowliness; behold, from now on will all ages call me blessed."Among all women is a way to say the highest/greatest etc. of a group in Semitic languages (these words would likely have been spoken in Aramaic). Mary is being called the greatest of all women, greater than Ruth, greater than Sarah, greater than EVE! Since Eve was created immaculate (without original sin), Mary must have been conceived immaculate. And, although Eve fell into sin by her own free will, Mary must have corresponded to God's grace and remained sinless. She could not otherwise be greater than Eve. Thus, as the Fathers of the Church unanimously assert, Mary is the New Eve who restores womanhood to God's original intention and cooperates with the New Adam, her Son, for the Redemption of the world.Blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus Luke 1:42b "and blessed is the fruit of your womb." Jesus is Mary's fruit. Good fruit does not come from anything but a good tree (Mt. 7:17-18)! The all-holy Son of God could not be the fruit of any other tree than the Immaculate Virgin.Holy Mary, Mother of God Luke 1:43 "And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? Kyrios is the Greek word used by the Jews in the Septuagint Bible (Greek translation) for Yhwh, the Divine Name of God. In her greeting of Mary, Elizabeth is saying: "How is it that the mother of my God should come to me." Against the heresies of the 4th and 5th centuries which tried to split the Person of Jesus into two, divine and human, denying one or the other, the Council of Ephesus in 431 AD proclaimed Mary Theotokos (God-bearer, i.e. mother of God). Jesus is a single Person, a Divine Person, the 2nd Person of the Most Holy Trinity. To be mother of the Person Jesus is to be mother of a Person who is God. Mary's title protects this truth against errors which emphasize or deny, either the divinity or humanity of the Lord.Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Luke 2:35 "...and you yourself a sword will pierce so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed." John 2:5 "His mother said to the servers, "Do whatever he tells you." Mary sees a need and appeals to Her Son to satisfy it. He does. We turn to Mary to ask her to intercede with her Son in our daily spiritual and material needs, but especially at the hour of our death. At that moment our salvation hangs in the balance as the devil makes his final foray to deter us from the path to God (Rev. 2:10). It is not surprising, therefore, that both the Hail Mary and the Our Father conclude with an appeal to be delivered from the evil one. The Power of Intercessory Prayer: Intercessory prayer proceeds from faith in God that holy men and women who have died are as alive today as they were on earth (Luke 20:38). If the prayer of the just man avails much, how much more the prayer of the one made perfect (Rev. 21:27) and living with God in heaven (the patriarchs, apostles and other holy men and women).James 5:16b "the fervent prayer of a righteous man is very powerful." Rev. 5:8 "When he took it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of the elders held a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the holy ones. The angels, too, mediate our prayers. This is taught explicitly in the Jewish book of Tobit (Tob. 12:12), accepted by Christians as inspired until Luther on his own authority rejected it. It remains part of the Catholic Bible. Tobit 12:12 I can now tell you that when you, Tobit, and Sarah prayed, it was I who presented and read the record of your prayer before the Glory of the Lord; and I did the same thing when you used to bury the dead. Rev. 8:3 "Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a gold censer. He was given a great quantity of incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the holy ones, on the gold altar that was before the throne." Is the rosary mindless babbling? The purpose of the different beads on the rosary is to count the various prayers as they are said. Unlike the Moslem prayer beads and the mantras of Buddhism, the prayers of the rosary are meant to occupy our whole being, body and soul, while meditating on the truths of the Faith. Any prayer is vain, however, if said mechanically without devotion. Simply to repeat prayers is not the vain repetition condemned by Christ (Mt 6:7), since He Himself repeats His prayer in the Garden three times (Mt 26:39, 42, 44) and the Psalms (inspired by the Holy Spirit) are often very repetitive (Ps 119 has 176 verses and Ps. 136 repeats the same phrase 26 times). Matthew 6:7 In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Psalm 136:1-26 Praise the LORD, who is so good; God's love endures forever; Praise the God of gods; God's love endures forever; . . . Praise the God of heaven, God's love endures forever. Matthew 26:39 He advanced a little and fell prostrate in prayer, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet, not as I will, but as you will." Matthew 26:42 Withdrawing a second time, he prayed again, "My Father, if it is not possible that this cup pass without my drinking it, your will be done!" Matthew 26:44 He left them and withdrew again and prayed a third time, saying the same thing again. The Church believes that it is necessary for a Christian to meditate (prayerfully think about) the will of God, the life and teachings of Jesus, the price He paid for our salvation, and so on. Unless we do this we will begin to take these great gifts for granted and ultimately fall away from the Lord. Every Christian must meditate in some way in order to preserve the gift of salvation (James 1:22-25). Many Catholic and non-Catholic Christians prayerfully read and apply Scripture to their lives, that is, meditate on them. With the rosary this can be done virtually anywhere and anytime.
You should go to Latin America and see what the catholic church has done. Between festivals to her and shrines in many homes, Mary is more important than Jesus.
@@Wgaither1 All popes allow this. No matter what this gentleman said on utube, catholics have elevated Mary to be equal if not more important than Jesus. My mother was catholic and when she died, they held a rosary service for her. For every Our Father, they said nine Hail Mary's. They may claim that they do not venerate Mary but they do.
I’ve never seen a Catholic Church without a Statue of Christ or Mary. If they go up to that altar bow and kneel down to pray it’s Idolatry and paganism. No way around it.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial YOU PERSONALLY may not but I just went on the linked page and there is a conformation retreat Feb 12 in Woodbury NJ or something like that and the first I see is a huge statue of Christ on a cross? I could be mistaken so I’m going to do my due diligence before I misrepresented anyone.
What Church have you gone to that has a statue of Mary on the Alter? You need to look up the meanings of both of those words as you simply do not understand them.
@@dave_ecclectic So whether it’s an statue or altar is it ok to go up to the front of the church bow on your knees in front of a “FIGURE” of a woman and pray? I’ve already had this discussion with the mod of this chat and they deleted the messages with the information. I even posted the church that THIS VERY CHURCH CONGREGATION did some type of celebration or ceremony at a church in New Jersey. Guess what that church had in the front???? A HUGE “FIGURE “ of some woman. 🙃
@@CatholicTruthOfficial fair enough but I'm still not asking an instrument to pray for me. Pharoah and Judas were instruments too but I hope you don't pray to them.
But you do that when you ask friends and family to pray for you, right? As for pharoah and judas, do you ask unholy people on earth to pray for you? Or holy people? Same concept.
We don't feel the need to ass to the Bible, but we love you too despite your misunderstandings and slander. Show me in the Bible where it says Christ alone. Oh it doesn't. It says there is the Holy Spirit, that Christ gave us a church, baptism and many other things. Stinks you're adding to the Bible. ;)
@@Jerry-er6lq It is not Christ's church. The misconception lies in Matthew 16v18...and I tell you, you are Peter and on this rock, I will built my church...." see Jesus was referring not to Peter, but to Peter’s confession of faith in verse 16: “You are the Christ, the son of the living God.” Jesus had never explicitly taught Peter and the other disciples the fullness of His identity, and He recognized that God had sovereignly opened Peter’s eyes and revealed to him who Jesus really was. His confession of Christ as Messiah poured forth from him, a heartfelt declaration of Peter’s personal faith in Jesus. It is this personal faith in Christ which is the hallmark of the true Christian. Those who have placed their faith in Christ, as Peter did, are the church
@@Jerry-er6lq The RCC is the mother of harlots spoken of in revelations and all these other sects are the so-called harlots. The problem is you have put so much faith and hope in the RCC that you have truly abandoned the true teachings of the bible in favour of its traditions. You have put all your hope in the RCC, like the lie that there is no salvation outside the RR. If the RCC were to excommunicate you right now, you will be lost. You will lose all hope and walore in despair, believing all chances of being saved are gone. Not true. This is not the church that Christ build, nor any of the sects. None are 100% true. The believers who meet in His name and study and try to adhere to it are the true church. Unlike you, I do not belong to a building or sect but I try to adhere to the wishes of my Lord as much as I can (through sola scriptura), & meet with like-minded people who do not teach falsehood like the RCC. You do not belong to the RCC or any sect. You belong to Jesus. Catholic church with its man-made dogmas and doctrines under the guise of traditions and false authority is furthest from the truth of God. You make the mistake that scripture, when talking abouth church or keys, is talking about the catholic church & regards the RCC, Just because it is "historically" what the "church" has done, does NOT make it correct! You have the "churchianity without the Christianity
@@Jerry-er6lq The RCC never gave us the book. Granted, God may have used these men to compile the NT but the books are recorded way back before even the RCC was born. Why do you beat the protestants so much about the missing books? Do you know the Orthodox have more than 80? What is your thought on that? What about the extra books that the eastern catholics have. What is your opinion of a few additional things beyond these 7, found in Eastern Catholic bibles, such as Prayer of Manasseh, Psalm 151, 3 Macabees? In all these 73 books do you know Daniel and Revelations? Or you just enjoying to have many books while you don't understand what they mean. Do you understand what these other gnoctic ones contain? Brother, bottom line is RCC teaching is wrong. Even on those extra 7, none support, rosary, scapulars, medals, keeping corpses and venerating them, relics ( a nice word for human blood, flesh & bones), purgatory, incorruptables, statues & images etc. Catholicism is simply wrong
There is some always missing about the future history of Mary and his male child from Revelation 12. According to private revelations through the centuries, a descendant of King David is to be born in exile, descendant also from the Spaniard Monarchy, so is probably from a Latin America country. Isaiah said he is discouraged and he thinks he is wasting his time, so he implores to God to change his future and Israel (Catholic Church) Future. If this is according to the Scripture, he is also the prodigal son from the Parabols, as well as the mustard seed. San Francis from Padua said he was a saint in his youth, then become a great sinner, then convert to God. He is described as someone who suffer and share also some suffering with Jesus. He is nothing without Jesus, and Jesus appointed him as king. What a humble God we have. Mary is his mother according to Revelation 12, I think Virgin Mary is going to start being present in body soon, to prepare his child for battle, since is also said that this is a warrior King, the one who lives to revive the spirit of the Priests and the Laymen. The appointed by Jesus to save the Catholic Church before His coming. What I personally understand this man is going to be as mother Mary, ascended and become inmortal, then come back to save the souls God want to save. It is going to be incredibly, since this year is 490th anniversary of the apparitions of Guadalupe, Mother of this future son of David, this complies with Daniel 70 weeks
In Revelation 12, we see a tableaux with a female figure bearing a child. We know the child is the Messiah by the reference, "destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod" -- which recalls the Messianic prophecy in Psalm 2:7 - "The Lord said to me, 'You are my son; this day I have begotten you. Ask of me and I will give you the nations for an inheritance and the ends of the earth for your possession. You shall rule them with an iron rod; you shall shatter them like an earthen dish.'" Now, if the child in Revelation 12 is Jesus, the woman from whom he issues can only be Mary. Here's why: We see a vision of her in the heavens, clothed in the sun, wearing a crown, a symbol of royalty: "A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth. Then another sign appeared in the sky; it was a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadems. Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and hurled them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth, to devour her child when she gave birth. She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was caught up to God and his throne. The woman herself fled into the desert where she had a place prepared by God, that there she might be taken care of for twelve hundred and sixty days... "When the dragon saw that it had been thrown down to the earth, it pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle, so that she could fly to her place in the desert, where, far from the serpent, she was taken care of for a year, two years, and a half-year. The serpent, however, spewed a torrent of water out of his mouth after the woman to sweep her away with the current. But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth and swallowed the flood that the dragon spewed out of its mouth. Then the dragon became angry with the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring, those who keep God's commands and bear witness to Jesus." Queen of Heaven Much is made of the title Queen of Heaven by those who attack Catholicism and Marian devotion. The allusion is always to the pagan pantheons and to the mother of the gods, often mother in a very carnal sense of other pagan deities. The Canaanite worship of the "Queen of Heaven" condemned by the prophets is mentioned, as is the worship of Diana of the Ephesians, devotion to whom was exceeding popular before the Gospel arrived among the pagans. It is said that Catholicism at the Council of Ephesus restored this pagan devotion under the cover of devotion to Mary. The history of that Council given above shows the absurdity, and the intellectual dishonesty, of that claim! One might as well claim with respect to Jesus that Christians worship a mere man, since to arrive at this conclusion the Church's teaching must be ripped from its context and distorted to fit a preconceived judgement. What then does it mean for Mary to be the Queen of Heaven? In the Old Testament monarchy the Queen of the Davidic Kingdom was the Queen Mother. The Kings, for reasons of state and human weakness, had many wives, none of whom fittingly could be called Queen. That honor was reserved for the mother of the King, whose authority far surpassed the many "queens" married to the king. We see this is the role Bathsheba played with respect to King Solomon and the occasions when the Queen Mother acted as regent on behalf of juvenile successors to the throne. The role of the Queen Mother, therefore, is a prophetic type of the Kingdom role of Mary, just as the role of the Davidic King is a prophetic type of the Kingdom role of Jesus. Jesus inherited the Kingdom promised to David, who was told that one of his descendants would rule forever. The angel Gabriel revealed this fact to Mary at her Annunciation, Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end." (Luke 1:31-33) Aside from the prophetic types present in the Kingdom of Judah, there is also the text of Psalm 45, which when speaking of the Kingdom of God also speaks of its Queen. [6] Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. [7] Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. [8] All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. [9] Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. [10] Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; [11] So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him. (Psalm 45:6-11, KJV) That Kingdom ruled by God is the same as the Kingdom ruled eternally by the Son of David. It is not an earthly kingdom, though it is present on earth in the Church, but a heavenly kingdom, the Kingdom of God. The Queen of that Kingdom is the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of the Lord God Jesus Christ
Jesus called her women what do you want from me! Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”John 2;5 Matthew 12:46-50 New International Version Jesus’ Mother and Brothers 46 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. 47 Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.” 48 He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.” Mary was human and a sinner just like all of us she was not perfect and putting an imperfect being before or equal to Jesus is a Sin and unrepented sin will not go punished. Also praying to dead people is another sin!
That's because woman was a term of respect back in the day, and also refers to the woman prophesied in Genesis 3:15 and Revelation 12:1. Show me the line where it says Mary was a sinner like everyone else. Quote the chapter and verse on that. Because it doesn't actually say that.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Romans 3:23 NKJV But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. Galatians 3:22 NKJV For God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all. Romans 11:32 NKJV If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. I John 1:8-10 NKJV And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. Luke 1:47 NKJV If Mary was sinless, how does she need a Savior and call God my Savior?
I'm a former Protestant. Before studying the scriptures and Catholicism, it appeared to me that Catholics worship Mary. However, that is incorrect. God knows our heart. I found in about 5 minutes of Google that Mary is NOT worshipped in the Catholic Church. The Ten Commandments forbids us from worshipping anyone or anything other than God. Protestantism misrepresents the teachings of Catholicism in their evangelism efforts. Basically, they lie about the Catholic Church. They know if you knew the truth, no one would be Protestant. In Matthew 16, Jesus Christ started the Catholic Church with St Peter as the head. 2 chapters later, He said we must listen to the Catholic Church. In 1 Timothy 3:15, Paul says the Catholic Church is the pillar and foundation of truth. Catholics give respect and honor to Mary as the Mother of God. She is not worshipped. We only worship God.
At the wedding in Cana, Mary declared to the servants, "Whatever He says to you, do it." 1) Jesus taught His disciples how to pray to the Father only, but the Mary of Roman Catholicism exhorts Roman Catholics to pray the rosary... to her. 2) An anonymous woman, who was present among a crowd of people being taught by Jesus, said out loud, "Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts at which you nursed." Jesus answered, "Yea, RATHER, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it." Luke 11:27. Jesus made it clear that anyone hearing and obeying the word of God is more blessed than Mary's blessing of giving natural birth and natural nourishment to Jesus. 3) The Roman Catholic Mary has been predominantly exclusive within the Roman Catholic Church. The biblical Mary would never exclude herself from those who are born of God's Spirit and washed in His Son's blood, regardless of church affiliation. She would know that to be partisan to a certain church group would make her violate what Jesus forbade, which is sectarianism.
Thank you for the comment. 1. The Rosary is actually a pray about Jesus. It's primarily a meditation on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus while asking Mary to pray for us to Jesus so that we can follow him and imitate him more faithfully. 2. As for Luke 11:27, the Greek word Menoun can mean rather but it can also mean true, verily, surely, or doubtless which actually affirms her blessedness with this meaning. Either way, Mary would be the first to affirm following Christ is the most important thing. 3. Orthodox, some Protestants, and others also have a devotion to Mary. The reason it's more "exclusive" isn't because Mary or the Catholic Church made it that way, but because Protestants threw out the honor and devotion thinking it was too "Catholic." Mary is there for all, but not all want to ask her intercession. So, she is bipartisan, it's the non-Catholics who are partisan.
Pls note that your number 2 explanation was wrong. Jesus made reference to his mother when he said blessed is he who hears God words and keep it. That was exactly what Mary did. She heard from God through the Angel Gabriel that she would bore a son and she believed it.
@@sundayusikpo3064 The King James version, which is the translation that is the closest to the original Greek, does not say, "Blessed is 'he.' It says, "Blessed are they." In other translations, the word "those" is used, instead of "they." The words "they" and "those" are interchangeable, but it is certainly not the word "he" in Luke 11:28.
There were no saints to pray to during the time written about in the bible. If the apostles wanted to talk to Mary they would have gone to her house. Jesus was competing with the pagans who pray to anything, and the Jewish leadership who had forgotten how to pray at all. He accused them of play acting for an audience. Jesus gave us his apostle to bring us to Him. He didn't see them as competition. Did He say "make sure nobody worships you." No, He commanded them to be fishers of men to bring people to God. He never gave the impression that He was worried sick about them being intercessors. He gave them the authority to gather souls that the Father gave him. 2. Jesus is hammering home the point that inclusion in the family of God, the new creation, had nothing to do with tribe or bloodline. It is entirely what it says in Revelation: "those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus." it will never again be about earthy family. Mary happens to be His early family. But he points out that is not what makes her His family. She is the greatest example of keeping His commandment and believing in HIm, which is what we should model ourselves after.
The gospel is so simple. Why complicate it😭 There is only one Mediater between God and man. Jesus Christ! Why do you think Mary would be busy all day taking prayers to Jesus. Stop it!! Jesus is not a child that needs a mother . He is the God of the Universe for God's sake😭 Just stop complicating the gospel.
"Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let’s rid ourselves of every obstacle and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us,"" (Hebrews 12:1). My interpretation: I can see we all have our own races to heaven as our destiny. While we are running our races, ""cloud of witnesses"" are actually rooting for us. Those witnesses are those who have gone before us. Jesus Chris is enthroned in this cloud of witnesses, so those witnesses have to be saints in heaven who can see and hear us on earth. Your interpretation: "And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and with golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of saints" (Revelation 5:8). My interpretation: I see 24 elders/immortal men or 24 mediators (who are for Jesus Christ) are holding prayers of saints (who are either on earth or in heaven. Your interpretation: "And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer and he was given much incense to mingle with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne; and the smoke of the incense rose with the prayers of the saints from hand of the angel before God" (Revelation 8:3-4). My interpretation: I see the angel has some role to take prayers of the saints into his hands before passing them to God. Your interpretation: "See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven" (Matthew 18:10). My interpretation: Do we have our own guardian angels following and observing us? Do they ever complete our night prayers to God after we fall asleep not able to complete prayers? I would believe so. Your interpretation: "Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects" (James 5:16). My interpretation: If the prayers of righteous men on earth have great power, then how much more so coming from the prayers of those who have been perfected in heaven? Your intrepretation:
No one is saying against this. Why don't you understand the mediating is between herself and her Son not God, or rather the Father as everyone who states this states it incorrectly. "No one comes to the Father except through Me" Mary is in Heaven where there is no "day". Jesus did need a Mother and has one. It's only complicated if you don't read the Bible.
Jesus honors His Father.
Jesus honors His mother.
Be like Jesus.
Yes he honors her but he doesn’t get on his knees and worships her, or does he? 🤔 use a scripture please.
Where in the Bible did Jesus honor his mother he often called her woman
Candace - Woman was not a derogatory term in that day. He doesn't need to call her mother for her to be the mother. The bible is clear that she was Jesus' mother. How is this even an argument?
Carlos - Catholics don't get on their knees and worship her either. So, strawman argument.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial please send me your email so that I can send out pictures.
I grew up in the Catholic Church, all my family ever talked about was Mary and how special she was which I’m not neglecting, she was chosen and should be loved and respected.
My own cousin went crawling on his knees to a statue of Mary and he bargained with her to heal my cousin from cancer. Not once did he give praise and worship or even go to Jesus, nope!
He gave all the glory and praise to a false Mary, the Mary of the Bible won’t stand for it. She would say to listen to her son the perfect sinless one that went to the cross for you and me.
Thank you Brian..God bless and protect you always. You are a blessing to the church
Thank you! God bless you!
It's not only Catholics that honor Mary, Orthodox and Copts as well...
I believe even some Protestants like Anglicans and Lutherans too.
Protestant Christians love Mary, too. ❤️ ❤️ She is the hero of faith.❤❤❤❤
Mary is a blessed woman. Mary is chosen mother of Jesus. ❤❤❤❤
The Roman Catholic Church teaches, among other things, that Mary is the Queen of Heaven, a perpetual virgin, and the co-redemptress who ascended into heaven. In Scripture, she is portrayed as an obedient, believing servant of God, who became the mother of Jesus. None of the other attributes mentioned by the Roman Catholic Church have any basis in the Bible. The idea of Mary being the co-redemptress and another mediator between God and man is not only extra-biblical (found only outside of Scripture), but is also unbiblical (contrary to Scripture). Acts 4:12 declares that Jesus is the only redeemer. 1 Timothy 2:5 proclaims that Jesus is the only mediator between God and men.
That's the One!!! It's UnBiblical , it's Sinful!!! Neither GOD or JESUS CHRIST gave the Pope( who is a man but says that he is God on earth, God isn't God on Earth, the Pope is???? Hellooo) authority over their Their Divine selves to make Mary into another Pagan deity as the Romans did.
So what? So. What.
The sun is bright. Grass is green. The sky is blue. Water is a liquid.
Making a string of statements that in and of themselves are true is meaningless when they point to a big fat nothing burger as a whole.
The Marian dogmas aren't found in the bible. The word bible isn't found in the bible. The word trinity isn't found in the bible. But lest I be guilty of a false equivalency fallacy, let's be realistic. Sola scriptura is NOT found in the bible. Sola Fide is not found in the bible. As a matter of fact, when the occurrences of the new testament happened in history, THERE WAS NO BIBLE. So what's your point? Christ didn't leave us a Bible, he left us a church.
BTW a month and a half ago, I was you, believing as you did and lighting up the comments sections of every Roman Catholic heathen I could find. Then I decided I should study their doctrines so they can't tell me I don't know enough about what they believed. So I did, thoroughly. I started with the Catechism of Trent, and then moved onto the church fathers. Then to books.
I'm now converting to Catholicism. I was the blind one. A month and a half ago, I was properly catechized and thoroughly schooled in protestant apologetics, and would have died for my protestant beliefs. Now I know protestantism is just wrong.
When you said “not only extra-biblical” you have already conceded that you are way out of the loop. Only a few comments above were some of these terms explained. You want to portray differing opinions negatively to make them out like they are something they are not. That is called - a strawman!
@@Karl_Arthur3 the burden of proof is on you who practice sola scriptura to prove that everything MUST be biblical. Where is sola scriptura found in scriptura? There are several protestant practices which find their origins in church history and tradition yet are unbiblical as well.
The burden of proof on you Protestants, since you believe in Sola scriptura, is to tell me where I can find sola scriptira in scriptura. If you can't (and trust me you can't), then saying "IT'S NOT IN THE BIBLE SO IT'S FALSE HUR HUR HUR!!" is in and of itself, unbiblical tradition. In short, who says everything HAS to be found in the bible in order to be true? YOU??? 🤣🤣 THAT'S why there's 30,000 denominations of Protestants, all reading the same scripture but mutually exclusive and arguing with each other about its meaning, claiming to have the Holy Spirit. Luther got rid of one Pope in order to create as many Popes as there are heads.
You need to do some studying on Marian doctrine before you go flapping your lips, and learn some Greek too. Christ is the one mediator between man and the Father. How can Christ be a mediator between God and man if Christ is God?
As a Catholic, I see Mary as proof that God doesn't forget the faithful. Hopefully even most protestants can at least empathize with that.
Mary is a a dead whore
A whore is someone who sells themselves to others for money. Mary did not do this and there is no evidence of that except your hatred and bias. Second, Mary is alive forever in heaven and is perfected in peace, light, joy, beauty, and purity. She was completely pure on earth and is fully pure and beautiful in heaven. Thank you Jesus for your mother Mary.
Our Blessed Mother led me back to Jesus and the Church. I will always be grateful to her. I always ask her to pray and intercede for me and my loved ones. Jesus gave us Mary to be our mother and I will not go against Jesus.
Thanks be to God. Amen 🙏
Me to!!
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I am a catholic myself.
1 Timothy 2:5( Only one mediator between God & men that is Lord Jesus Christ.)
I encourage my Catholic Bros & sisters to read the Bible verses over and over again to come out of deception of Catholic Church. In order to understand the one need to study on RCC church History. Constantine's biography,POPE dynasty,RCC roles in Crusades, killing of Scientists. Etc.
@@deepaknayak7686 Only Jesus goes to God the Father. But many can go to Jesus. There is a difference between meditator and intercessor.
Catholic honor Mary they don’t worship Mary .
Protestants: We go by the Bible only.
God: Honor mom and dad
God: Mary these are your children, children she is your mother.
Protestants: No! 🤡
I don’t agree with the Protestants nor other Unitarian sophism that they can interpret the Bible or the Bible interpret itself. If It were so simple, you wouldn’t need the church magisterium (Teachers in Ephesian 4:11), 1 Timothy 3:15 (“The church of the living God is the Pillar and ground of the truth”) and neither Peter had written 2 Peter 3:16 "He speaks about these things in all his letters. There are some matters that are hard to understand. The untaught and unstable will twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures." And of course humble hearts listens (they don’t revolt against) that authority Christ left to us. The authority of course is the Church not a Bible. An authority (the church) with teachers to interpret the scriptures and with Power to bind here on earth and in Heaven. Jesus didn’t hand us the Bible; he gave us the church.
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I would look back to the end of the previous chapter. Paul just got done quoting some Old Testament scripture concerning humility:
"Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, 'He catches the wise in their craftiness,' and again, 'The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.' So let no one boast of men." - 1 Corinthians 3:18-21
So when Paul says, "Do not go beyond what is written, so you will not be puffed up against one another", he is likely saying:
"Do not go beyond those writings I just cited concerning humility, so you won't be at enmity with each other."
... and that seems to fit much better into the context of the letter and the New Testament as a whole.
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That’s the magisterium interpretation not solely mine. Now how about you? How did you become an expert interpreter of the Bible? Do you have any apostolic linage?
@@annodomini7250 Were you baptized in the name of Paul? Better yet, allow me to quote 1 Corinthians 1:10, "I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgement." I'm glad you site 1 Corinthians as it is a letter addressing division. We should learn from it, I hope.
Please explain 1 Corinthians 4:15-17, "For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you, then, be imitators of me. That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church." By being called to be imitators are we not then called to copy behaviors also? Now, I don't like to present this question, but what if St. Paul had a behavior that wasn't written about? It is a weak question but a potential happenstance nonetheless. This does however imply that there may be more to a Christ-like life.
To my initial question, I imagine that it is safe to assume that the answer is "no." When we read 1 Corinthians 4:6 ("I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.") we have to ask if this statement is applied to the entirety of the Holy Bible, Sacred Scripture, Sacred Scripture and the letter, or to the letter only onto itself. Due to the time period of the letter, we can deduce that this statement does not apply to the entirety of the Holy Bible since it had not yet been compiled.
If, and big if, 1 Corinthians 4:6 does pertain to the Holy Bible then perhaps we should be getting baptized in the name of Paul. For how could he have known that his letters would one day be compiled into the Holy Bible unless he himself were God? Therein lies a problem, he differentiates himself (in this same letter) from God. With that we can deduce that he is not God and therefore he was unknowing of what would happen to his letters in the days after his passing.
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So how do you believe in Jesus Christ Mr. expert; please explain. You appear to be knowledgeable than the apostles and their students or the apostolic fathers. Exactly; get behind me Satan. Distorting the scripture. I answered your question, yet you cannot even answer mine. Do you have apostolic roots or linage?
I don’t agree with the Protestants nor other Unitarian sophism that they can interpret the Bible or the Bible interpret itself. If It were so simple, you wouldn’t need the church magisterium (Teachers in Ephesian 4:11), 1 Timothy 3:15 (“The church of the living God is the Pillar and ground of the truth”) and neither Peter had written 2 Peter 3:16 "He speaks about these things in all his letters. There are some matters that are hard to understand. The untaught and unstable will twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures." And of course humble hearts listens (they don’t revolt against) that authority Christ left to us. The authority of course is the Church not a Bible. An authority (the church) with teachers to interpret the scriptures and with Power to bind here on earth and in Heaven. Jesus didn’t hand us the Bible; he gave us the church.
Jesus Christ is GOD (the Son) made flesh (Incarnation) and makes perfect sense that he would choose to enter this world through a Holy Temple (The Virgin Mary)
Luke 1:48 applies to ALL generations!
@3:50 I hope people dont talk about their biological mothers in this way. Oh she only birthed me, carried me in her womb for 9 months...ect This is so sad, we should be Honoring our Father and Mothers with greater charity.
I definitely love your passion
Can you explain this random prayer I pulled from a Catholic website? Please tell me how this isn't blasphemous worship?:
MARY IMMACULATE, STAR OF THE MORNING
MARY IMMACULATE, STAR OF THE MORNING
CHOSEN BEFORE THE CREATION BEGAN,
DESTINED TO BRING, THROUGH THE LIGHT OF YOUR DAWNING,
CONQUEST OF SATAN AND RESCUE TO MAN.
REFRAIN:
BEND FROM YOUR THRONE AT THE VOICE OF OUR CRYING
LOOK TO THIS EARTH WHERE YOUR FOOTSTEPS HAVE TROD
STRETCH OUT YOUR ARMS TO US, LIVING AND DYING,
MARY IMMACULATE, MOTHER OF GOD.
WE SINNERS HONOUR YOUR SINLESS PERFECTION
FALLEN AND WEAK, FOR GOD'S MERCY WE PLEAD.
GRANT US THE SHIELD OF YOUR MIGHTY
PROTECTION.
MEASURE YOUR AID BY THE DEPTH OF OUR NEED. (REFRAIN)
Mary is the Theotokos-in Greek. Theo-God, Tokos-Bearer; Means Bearer of God or Mother of God. Mary died around 49AD (The daughter of Zion). She was brought back by John to Jerusalem from Ephesus (during that time, Jews wants to be buried in Jerusalem). There’s a tomb in Gethsemane called the tomb of Mary. When she died all the Apostles went back to Jerusalem (Acts 15, during the council of Jerusalem) to see her at the tomb. When they returned to the tomb to add more spices (Thomas was late Again), she was gone, because from there, she was assumed into Heaven (The Assumption, hence, the reason why you cannot find Mary’s bones in all the churches). Unlike the Apostles & Saints, their bones are all scattered around the word (in Catholic Churches Only, no other denominations). To understand Mary, you have to go back to the Old Testament, from the time of King Solomon, the Queen Mother, they called the Gebirah. Mary is called the Mother of God because Jesus, the 2nd person in the Trinity has two natures (is both Human & Divine). Hence, when Jesus was conceived and born (Luke1:35), she became the Mother of Jesus, the 2nd Divine Person in the Trinity. She’s also the New Arc of the Covenant (Psalms132), (Revelation 11:19), Genesis 3:15), and Queen of Heaven (Revelation12:1-6). The last words of Jesus to John, the disciple (John 19: 27) “Behold thy Mother”. Hopefully, the above can help people to understand & accept Mary as the Mother of God and our Mother in Heaven & to give her the utmost respect and honor. Amen.
Acts 15 has nothing to do with Mary. Dont quote the bible falsely. If you want to worship Mary , thats fine , but dont lie about the scriptures.
@@parrisroy
And what is your religion that continuously abuse Mary the mother of Jesus?
@@parrisroy
So the Bible is wrong is what you’re saying? The Apostolic fathers were wrong? You’re the enlightened and the expert in the Bible I see? Please give us the verse where it says everything has to be in the Bible? Did Jesus leave us a Bible? Or he left us the Traditions and the Church?
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Worship Mary? Who told you we are worshiping Mary? Can you quote that verse in the Bible that we worship Mary? So Mary is not the new Eve? The new Arc of the Covenant and the Queen of Heaven? Before you make accusations, provide evidence we worship Mary.
Bob nor Roy doesn't care what we believe sadly. We have told them time and time again and he still presents shallow straw man arguments.
Protestants need to watch this video!!!
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"O Lady, since thou art the dispenser of all graces, and since the grace of salvation can come only through thy hands, our salvation depends on thee." St. Bernardine of Siena
If this isn't worship, nothing else ever will be! Ex catholic of 53 years! Freed from the shackles of the RCC!
yup i’m still protestant
Mia good for you!
But we don't call her queen of heaven.. then goes to justify why they call her queen of heaven..
We never stated that we don't call her Queen of heaven. We are happy to admit that. Biblical.
and blessed are you for answering my questions coming from protestantism to catholicism slowly but surely :)
Praise be to God! Thank you for letting us know. We have so many videos that will probably help with your questions. God bless. If we can be of help in any way, let us know.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial praise be to god indeed that he has led me through a very painful and intensive searching period. Since a long time I feel a glimpse of hope.
It can be very confusing to sort out truth and lies in christianity but I think genuine prayers will be answered.
You go on doing the good work of god, your channel is gold
Thank you so much!!
Praise God for he had chosen Mary to be blessed 🙏 Ave Maria!
I love mother Mary
It turns out she doesn't love the young children abused by the pedos in your church. Of all her apparations she has never once warned about these evils done to children but she is overly concerned about Russia
@@wesleysimelane3423 she doesn't specifically explicitly say whose doing Wat bc it is so much more than during the days of Fatima. In our modern times, in addition to other sins, there are millions of innocent babies being murdered via abortion. She asks us that we pray for forgiveness and repentance for this huge additional amount of offenses/sins being done to Her Son.
@@essafats5728 So babies being abused in her catholic church are beyond her abilities
@@wesleysimelane3423 what abilities? Mary is not God, she can not change human wills. Do u believe HE brings good out of bad?
@@wesleysimelane3423 Its the human will to obey or not. So in your reasoning, even Jesus shouldn't have allowed any kind of evil on earth from then to now?
"Mother," Our Lord says to her, " I can refuse you nothing.
If Hell could repent, you would obtain its pardon. "
From the famous book: The cure of Ars by Saint John Vianney
Mary and nor did Peter die on the cross or come back from the dead for our sins. The HOLY BIBLE states that "For ALL have sinned(including Mary) and all fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23. God chose a woman named Mary to be the mother of Jesus; yes she is to be honored for her obedience to God. No where in the Bible is it stated that she is a co-mediatrix or co-redemptrix. "It is finished", which Jesus cried out from the cross means so many things...1 we need not go to a man priest anymore to make petition or confess sins. If it quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, walks like a duck...is it a duck? Just saying!!!
While I'm on my soapbox, Roman Catholics, do a word study of the word rock and you will learn from the Old Testament through the New Testament that JESUS ALONE IS THE ROCK of our salvation (body of Christ church) NOT PETER. Jesus is the cornerstone of our faith as all Chistians are living stones as Peter is a living stone as well. 1 Peter 2:5 Jesus is our Great High Priest..not any man.
Che Dio ti benedica
It is fitting to honor Mary, she is blessed among all women
But only God should be adored
Read carefully the words
of Luke 11: 27-28
Ok … but Mary isn’t integral to salvation… she can’t save …she has no power… so help me understand why even consider Mary at all??? Yes we honor her for her role she played in getting the Saviour prepared for us , but other than that , Mary shouldn’t have a place when we speak of what God is doing …. But if I’m wrong , please help educate me…
Mary doesn't save us, but she was integral to the salvation process by the will of God. All God's choices are perfect and God's perfect choice to bring salvation into this world was through Mary.
I highly recommend the Karl Keating and Peter S Ruckman debate about catholicism
I'm a recent revert, and I'm still having a hard time accepting the term co redemptrix.
We have a video on that which may help you. Here it is. Let us know if you have any questions. God bless. ua-cam.com/video/eyx-K8qWOPI/v-deo.html
THANK U FOR THISSS💖💖💖💖
When you say pray do you mean ask on our behalf? Because when people hear pray they would probably be like, why does she have pray like we do if she is in heaven? So because of that, I think of it as a petition or request not a silent in the mind prayer.
The biggest miracle in the 20th century witnessed by reporters from around the world and about 70,000 people was the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. Thats a fact that is not in the bible but true!
🕯Hail mary full of grace the Lord is with thee...🕯🙏🏼
Amen 🙏
Ave Maria
Fairy tales
Lord have mercy
Open the eye that they may see Your Kingdom
@@valentineeyumsama2520 it's history buddy. Research it just like you read the Bible. FACTS.
What i am about to say here is about Mother Mary, something that i had experienced one night back in 1987, i do not care if anyone does not believe in anything i say, for that does not matter, as i have been rejected for 36yrs every time i speak about it,
i will try and keep it short, i had a true vision with Mother Mary one night back in 1987, for i was just like anyone of the earth, but Mary appeared in my room, this beautiful light came into the bedroom, and Mother Mary was this light, She was so very perfect of Her beauty and Her smile gave you peace, when Mary spoke it was a loving voice from Her heart,
i wont go into all here, we spoke for a time, and She asked me if i would warn the people to return back to Her Son Jesus,
before Mary left that night, She opened her arms out towards me, and light came from Her hands and heart and this light hit my chest and heart, and i cried like a river flowing, those tears where not tears of sorrow, but of joy and loving happiness flowing through me, a love that words can not explain, it is something i will never forget as long as i live.
Anyway, i tried to tell people for over 36yrs of what i saw that night and the love i felt, and very quickly most people turned against me, lost family members because they thought i was crazy, friend would not want me around them, and it ended my own marriage of 23yrs, who am i, no one, your faith and your prayers are what matters, all i can tell you here is to pray with a true heart,
i have been rejected many years now, but you know, Mother Mary did not reject me, Her Son Jesus did not reject me, they embraced me, people rejected me whom i loved.
all i have done for 36yrs is to watch and listen, to pray alone, but i am not alone, for the people who need prayer more than we know, the nations and the islands, the lost soul's and the found, the lonely, the poor, the widows and the widowers, the youth, the children, the sick and dying. God Bless.
@@jamestempleton553 that is good to know, that your brother in law had the same experience as i had with Mary, i guess he has met with people who turn against him when he talks about it, i know he would of told you about how Mother Mary looked and how beautiful she is, and the love that comes from her, the hard part is explaining it to others around you, i have many of my own family and friends turn against me because of that night with Mother Mary, even to this day no one will talk to me as they still think i am crazy, no matter what is going on around them, they still can't see what is going on, i just pray for them, as it is far easy to do that than talk about Mother Mary to them,
i do understand what your brother in law would have felt after seeing Mother Mary as i still feel today about Her, as She is very stunning and lovely woman and She cares very much, Thank you James for letting me know about your brother in law and hope all is blessed in him and all who believe in his time with Mother Mary, Bless you all and hold dear in your heart your prayers.
What you saw was delusional and that wasn't Mary that was the devil deceiving you even the demons from hell can clone themselves to deceive people like you
@@caseyoliver4718 you have a right to your opinion.
@@stu5385 is Not opinion is fact but I guess you can do the same
@@caseyoliver4718 what happened to me that night, changed my life, it led me back to Jesus and prayer, we are need something that we can hold to these days, if what i saw that night was the devil, then it is only me that is going to hell, everyone around me turned against me, and did Jusus not say, Love your enemy, i do understand what you are saying, but i can't shake the love that entered my heart that night, all i knew that no one on earth can carry a love like that, but who am i to say anything, i am just a person like yourself, hoping one day we can hold on to our faith somehow, i am too old to debate what i saw alone, i do hope that you hold true to what you know, God Bless.
Things I find irritating…..
1. When we Catholics are told that we depend on good deeds for our salvation.
2. The false claim that the Catholic Church teaches all Catholics go to Heaven. Not.
3. The false claim that we consider the pope a god.
4. That we are told that we worship a goddess. No we don’t.
5. That we are told we disregard Sacred Scripture. Said no catholic church teaching ever.
No kidding. It's exhausting here this recycled over and over and over again.
Same old hat tricks
🙏🏻❤ ✝️Catholic
Veneration of Mary and the saints ? Mary as the queen of heaven in the interpretation of Revelation 12 ? Brian should debate with Mike Gendron, Leonardo Chirico, Richard Bennet etc. Biblical Christians believe the virgin Mary is an instrument used by God. Conceived by the Holy Spirit to deliver the Lord. She is the earthly mother of Christ. Luke says she is the mother of the Lord.
For you to pray to her was she resurrected by Christ?
If so please enlighten me.
Is she not dead?
I read through the gospels of the Apostles nowhere does it say she is Alive.
Revelation is in the end times.
What proof do you have she is on heaven?
As far as I am concerned Mary is dead!
Mary is the mother of Jesus!
When the Christ began His work in John 2:4 He referred to her as "WOMAN"
Why 2000 years later do you refer to her as Mother Mary when Jesus Christ called her woman.
Something wrong Somewhere.
There is a difference between Jesus(the child) . And Jesus Christ(the messiah). The transfiguration is proof of this.
Undoing the damage luther has done..
Your adoration of Mary is wrong.
We don't adore Mary. We only adore God. You're confused. But we are happy to clarify your misunderstandings.
When he begins to eat the body of Mary and drink the blood of Mary like we do our Lord Jesus, THEN you can worry about scandal in the Catholic church. Until then, you really need to understand this concept 1st.
Peace!!!
I love Our blessed mother. I got to know her this year and will forever ask her to pray for me.. 7 sorrows of Mary chaplet is my favorite 😍❤
Thanks be to God. Amen 🙏
@@zetarose9943 Mary will save us. (;-D
Justas, thanks for the beautiful prayer. You have not read St. Alphonsus Ligouri accept that which you cut and pasted out of context from somewhere on the internet. That's shallow intellectualism. He definitely had a devotion to Mary, but you would have to understand what that devotion was first and the purpose of it. The end result of all his prayers and affections is Jesus through Mary. He knows Mary is going to bring all of his prayers and devotion perfectly to Jesus. That's why he says, "From thee I implore *a true love for Jesus Christ.* His whole goal was to love Jesus more deeply and faithfully.
@@Justas399 catholic truth is a wonderful person and i love him. I trust one day he will be saved. I dont envy his position. He reminds me of a lawyer defending a guilty as sin client.
@@Justas399 Justas read the prayer again. Read it for word for word. And then you might understand what I mean.🙂 There is alot words in it that should be going to God. I am a catholic but that prayer is very confusing.
“You must not worship any other gods except me. “You must not make any idols. Don’t make any statues or pictures of anything up in the sky or of anything on the earth or of anything down in the water. Don’t worship or serve idols of any kind, because I, the Lord, am your God. I hate my people worshiping other gods. People who sin against me become my enemies, and I will punish them. And I will punish their children, their grandchildren, and even their great-grandchildren.
Exodus 20:3-5
That's why we made this video to clear up the misconceptions of persons like yourself who think we worship Mary or statues, and neither is true. The Bible doesn't say never to make statues, it says don't make idols to worship. You're misquoting and misunderstanding scripture.
Thank you for this.
The New ark of covenant and woman cloth with the sun and the moon in her feet and seeds of woman and the serpent seeds and lord God put enmity between them
The Lord Jesus shall NOT SHARE HIS GLORY! NEVER!
IT SHALL NOT BE SPLIT BETWEEN HE AND MARY!
STOP EXALTING MAN RATHER THAN GOD HIMSELF! HE SHALL NOT SHARE HIS GLORY!!!!
*_The Lord Jesus shall NOT SHARE HIS GLORY! NEVER!_*
Actually scripture teaches that God bestows this glory of his on his children
Psalm 84:11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Isaiah 46:13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
*_STOP EXALTING MAN RATHER THAN GOD HIMSELF! HE SHALL NOT SHARE HIS GLORY!!!!_*
Scripture also teaches we are now in glory, and we are destined for glory.
Romans 2:6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:.......10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
1 Corinthians 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
Colossians 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Colossians 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
There's plenty more promises for those who become children of God. (2 Thess. 1:11-12;, 2 Thess. 2:14; 2 Tim. 2:10; Heb. 2:9-10; 1 Pet. 1:7, 5:4.)
Hope this help
God Bless
AMEN!!! This is very Catholic!👍🏻
or rather ~Happy@@Matt-1926 That's what happens when you actually read the Bible! I think there is also a commandment in there somewhere of honoring your Father and Mother.
If the land Jerusalem that Jesus Christ walked on is Holy, imagine the womb that bore him..🙏🙏 She was the powerful woman on Earth that ive believed, admired n loved the most.❤❤
Yes she was chosen by our god so she’s very special but doesn’t deserve worship.
"O Lady, since thou art the dispenser of all graces, and since the grace of salvation can come only through thy hands, our salvation depends on thee." St. Bernardine of Siena
If this isn't worship, nothing else ever will be! Ex catholic of 53 years! Freed from the shackles of the RCC!
@@rlrett1 🥹🙏🏽
I am a Catholic. I must say that although the doctrine of the Church does not advocate worship of Mary, the message on the layman level is that Mary is "salvation ". Pray the Rosary, devote yourself and consecrate yourself to Mary-- on and on. The practical consequence is that people do indeed pray to Mary. Now Mary is blessed among women. There is a sane and correct space between Protestant minimizing Mary and Catholics wanting to declare Mary " co- redemtrix".
Thanks for the sober comment. I don't know any Catholics you think Mary is salvation. What we think that Mary leads us to Jesus and is a model of following Jesus and so we try to imitate her example and following her son. Co-redemptrix has nothing to do with worship or even her being a redeemer in any way. Not sure if you knew that.
@Catholic Truth no, I did not know that " co-redemtrix " did not mean that Mary is not " co-redeemer" . I guess that's one example of the Church's extremely poor catechesis. One thing I do know and see in the pews is the actual prayer that goes on to Mary. I have come to believe that this is why there is so very little mention of Mary in the NT. The Apostles, even John, with whom she lived, have anything to say about her and any role she has as anything but a human maiden who is blessed because she said "yes " to the Holy Spirit. The Church has extrapolated a whole other theology from that.
Then why don't we worship Mary's Father & Mother who brought her into the world for all that matter?
The simple answer is we don't worship anyone or anything except to God alone. Only God is worthy of worship and adoration.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial I only see one person getting those hail Mary's
If we pray to marry doesn’t that attribute to her a characteristic that only God possesses though? Namely omnipresence?
No, it only means that she can hear our prayers by the power of God working in and through her. We all possess characteristics of God by being baptized into Christ. For example, human beings cannot cast out demons, heal the blind, or raise the dead, and yet we can by the power of God. Into Supernatural things by his Spirit working in us. It's the same thing for those in heaven who are perfected in Christ power and righteousness. Does that make sense?
Did the bible tell us to worship Mary more than God or Jesus, as the Catholics do? with rosary, and statues, etc..
We don't worship Mary. She's only a human being. Only God is God peread you might want to watch some more of our videos to see what we really believe or start by watching this one anyway.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial Then they must approach those who do with a firm rebuke
The Bible says imitate Jesus. I honor Mary but I don't ask for her intercession as Jesus is our only mediator to God. The Bible doesn't read Mary being our mediator to Jesus. I love you all so much. Repent and shed the added things. Lord have mercy. 🙏🏻
Mary prays for us to Jesus who mediates between us and God. Every time ask a friend between you and Jesus go in between you and become a mediator. Yet, the Bible says that we can pray for one another. Whether you are a friend or family members or someone in heaven, we all go to Jesus, and Jesus who is the perfect mediator takes all of our prayers before God.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial but there's no reason or no law stating I must ask her to pray for me. Jesus gave me permission to pray to the Father through Him. That's just me taking the Savior at His Word. Love you and God bless. 🙏🏻
@@BibleLovingLutheran no one said there was a LAW or that you MUST pray to Mary or have her intercede for you. Why did you jump to that false dichotomy?
Peace!!!
You, like the prayer above, need to read the Bible. Your ignorance is showing and I mean this in a nice way. There are many passages that either you haven't read, been told about or simply don't remember that defy what you have said.
"Bible doesn't read Mary being our mediator to Jesus" Actually it reads ANYONE can be a mediator.
@@dave_ecclectic I've obviously had a change of heart
Mary was just an instrument just as the nation of ISRAEL. FIND out why mary was honoured by GOD AND received such favour. Luke 8;19
Then Jesus’ mother and His brothers came up toward Him, but they could not reach Him because of the crowd. 20 And He was told, “Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, asking to see You.” 21 But He answered, “My mother and My brothers are these who listen to the word of God and do it!”
She was not just an instrument, she was the chosen one of God. Oh, God's choices are perfect and her His perfect choice to bring all salvation into this world was through Mary.
Your objection is a really poor one. We made a whole video refuting that. Jesus never rejected his mother. ua-cam.com/video/nHFNGlf5nLU/v-deo.htmlsi=caozjdoMAuBfwD-I
Jesus is our “Sabbath”. Without Jesus. There is no Sabbath. He is our rest, our peace.
Mother Mary bore him in her womb.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
Saints are revered. The blessed virgin Mary is the supreme saint.
If Mary is the supreme saint and as queen of heaven and now a mediatrix, l like to know with her secrets from Fatima and other revelations, why she did not expose the physical and mental abuses of innocent children to her admirer's. Pope piusx2 onwards brought the dogma of Mary assumption to heaven, why did Mary not announce the evils done to her innocent lambs of God. Strange for such an exalted mother.
@@wesleysimelane3423 was the abuse widely happening during Fatima's time?
@@wesleysimelane3423 btw: u always bring up this abuse theme .. were u 1 of the butt-hurt victims?
@@essafats5728 Don't say that to him, that's a bit cruel, l know there is alot of things being said, But............😔
@@zetarose9943 forgive me Lord, I thought if I could go down to their baser level, they would understand much better.
My Faith, has excelled in Catholic religion.
I am delighted we have a place on our altar for Mary. Evermore today, in a world were women need to be respected and admired. The Catholic chruch always had Mary (a woman) respected and continues to love her, she rightly deserves her place within our prayers.
People need to realise, this humble women, Is extremely close to her son in heaven.
What harm is it we ask humbly through Mary to intercede for us?
God bless you 🙏.
There is one mediator between God and Man. Jesus Christ. Stop making a god out of Mary. She cannot hear your prayers and she cannot answer your prayers. Only God can
@@camp5607 Hi Cam p., I suspect you might be from another recent religious background. I am not sure where you see I wrote Mary is GOD?
Mary gave birth to GOD incarnate Jesus. So, we as Catholics recognise this saintly women as extra special, Mary gave birth to GOD on earth. You mentioned Mary can't hear us, and to stop making her into a GOD, the good news is we don't make her into a GOD, as Catholics we revere her and honour her. Can you show me your evidence that she can't hear prayers?
Mary is a wonderful and special mother the mother who said yes to bring GOD In the flesh to us to save the world.
I hope this is clearer for you and might advice to look further into the Catholic faith and pick up some literature on how we see Mary. God bless 🙌 you
@@Irelandwithoutborders where in the Bible does it say Mary can hear your prayers? 🤔
@@camp5607 lol my friend you can't use my argument without answering the question i have put to you first 🤣
@@Irelandwithoutborders when God specifically says there is only one mediator, then maybe you should listen.
I living in Florida how can I get into this?
All who have a strong relationship with the risen Lord Jesus would not even think of trusting, seeking, adoring, following, obeying, and surrendering to anyone but Him..
On the other hand, if one does not have a strong relationship with Jesus, he or she opens themselves up to other venues not ever established or recommended by God.
We agree.
Why then in the Hail Mary prayer are you asking Mary to pray for us sinners. Are you implying Mary was without sin? Rom 3:23.
That's not what we are implying, but yes she was.
Back here with my hubby! Where is the follow up video for this! My hubby is very interested
What was the follow-up video supposed to be about? Just refresh our memory? We made like three or four videos about Mary around the same time.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial It was mentioned at the end of this very video. I was hoping to watch it with him.
This is so flawed.
And yet you didn't point out even a single thing you think was flawed. The truth is there's nothing to flawed about it but thank you for the comment.
Mary was not perfect.
Yes she was.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial if she was perfect, why did she fuck and have so many kids
CoolCut - There are a lot of errors in your one little sentence.
1. Having sex isn't a sin.
2. Having kids is not a sin and having a lot of kids isn't sinful.
3. She didn't have sexual relations with Joseph.
4. She didn't have a lot of kids. She was ever virgin.
Hope that helps. God bless you and give you peace.
Caleb - God is not a liar, you just don't understand Scripture. All doesn't always mean all in Scripture, it is often a general statement for many or most. For example, "And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins." (Mark 1:5)
We know that not all came to see him and be baptized because the Pharisees were from Jerusalem and refused to be baptized. So _all_ in the passage doesn't mean all. Same with this one. Even though it says ALL sinned, we know Jesus didn't sin. We also know that babies don't sin. The can't sin. Many who are mentally handicapped have no ability to sin either. In other words, there are exceptions to the rule.
@Caleb Urias you’re the one calling God a liar
blessed mamma Mary
You say it's not true but praying to her is a firm of worship.
Here's the definition; Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication. In the narrow sense, the term refers to an act of supplication or intercession directed towards a deity or a deified ancestor.
Webster dictionary: Prayer - "Often used as a function word in introducing a question, *request* or plea." So exactly what we said.
Vocabulary.com: The word pray can be used in an ordinary sense too such as, "I pray you'll really listen to my explanation." Pray comes from the Old French preier, "to pray," with its Latin root word, precari, to *"ask earnestly, beg, or entreat."*
Again, exactly what we said in the video. Consider that please.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial why would I beg or entreat Mary? I would much rather go straight to the source. Mary never saved nor healed anyone in the Bible.
@@BibleLovingLutheran Nobody is making or insisting that you do beg or entreat Mary. It is only an option as she is the “highly favored” one in the bible. The Catholic church encourages you to go to Jesus in your prayers. In fact the Catholic church hopes one day you come to the table and eat His Body and drink His Blood!!! We dont do that with Mary.
And as far as form goes, prayer can be worship but its not “necessary” worship. At least I hope worship is more than prayer as true worship is spirit and truth. Prayer is the form of communication we use for our worship to God. We humans have, like all things, distorted its basic meaning into worship bit worship is much more than that.
So how about if we ask from this angle - what do you call the form of communications when one rebukes the devil? Whatever form or name you give that, and if you still dont like using the word “prayer” for communicating with Mary and the saints, can you give us a word we can use somewhere in the middle? Somewhere that does not lend to worship and at the same time does not lend to criticism.
Peace!!!
@@BibleLovingLutheran First I need to ask, have you never asked someone to pray for you? Or someone you knew?
"Mary never saved nor healed anyone in the Bible."
You forget Jesus's first public miracle. You also are ignoring the pray part and turning it into an ability she does not possess. No one is asking Mary to perform a miracle. They are asking her to ask her Son. Like she "asked" at Cana (they are out of wine).
As those in the past asked the Queen to intercede for them. (the queen was the kings mother)
Funny how Protestants reduce everything down to an OR. Ask Mary OR ask Jesus. Don't you realize that the AND function is much better? Ask Jesus AND ask Mary...and anyone else you know and some people you don't know!!!
If you don't understand that then re-read the part about the neighbor who has a guest and is knocking on the door. Or the judge who is being bothered by the woman. Or maybe how "the prayers of a righteous man availeth much"
You just plain need to read the Bible.
@@dave_ecclectic these are old posts. My name should give you a hint to me having a change of heart
You are praying God through Mary is a firm of worship
The mother of my Lord aw
Some Catholics do and are wrong. Some of us know what the Church teaches Some don't.
What about a saint?
"O Lady, since thou art the dispenser of all graces, and since the grace of salvation can come only through thy hands, our salvation depends on thee." St. Bernardine of Siena
If this isn't worship, nothing else ever will be! Ex catholic of 53 years! Freed from the shackles of the RCC!
@@rlrett1 can you explain the apparitions of Mary?
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*2 Corinthians 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.*
How can the virgin Mary be perpetual when she had multiple sons and daughters?
She didn't. That's why she's perpetual. We have a video explaining it if you are interested. ua-cam.com/video/c23hgdXdp-g/v-deo.html
@@CatholicTruthOfficial yes she did its in the Bible. After she had Jesus she had multiple sons and daughters, it even names them specifically.
Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.” And he did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.
Matthew 13:55-58 ESV
@@WatchmenOnTheWall777 Joseph was a widower Jesus' siblings were born of his previous marriage.
@@donquixote2072 not true
Multiple verses say otherwise I can show if you want
@@donquixote2072 talks about how Mary conceived children after Jesus was born. Let me know if you want the scriptures I can send em to you.
Have a blessed All Saints Day 😇 Sad That Prostestants don't see the Message from Luke 1:26-38 & in Genesis 3:14-15 It's say's about I will put enimity between thee & her seed; We honor Mary & the Saints Revelations 8:3-4- & Jesus Christ only Saves a few Prostestants have respect like the Anglicans Epispalians & Eastern Orthodox" But the Holy Catholic Apostolic Church We go by the Bible & we wrote the Bible" God bless & Christ Save us & Jesus Mary and Joseph Pray for Us"🙏🛐😇🗝️🗝️💯 Catholic"⛪📖✍️
Yes today is all saints Day.🤗. May God look after us all. Amen 🙏
@@zetarose9943 Yes I went to 12pm Mass🙏🛐🗝️🗝️💯 Catholic 🛐 God bless you to
@@frankperrella1202 🤗
Why isn’t Jesus, perfect, safe and sinless enough?
Of course Jesus is perfect enough? But that doesn't really have to do with anything. You might want to watch the video.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial you said it’s biblical, please tell me where I can find this in scripture.
Your comment doesn't make sense. Jesus is perfect, so for you to ask for a scripture to back that up doesn't make any sense. And you missed the point that was being made in the video. You might want to give it another go.
Yes blessed Mother Mary said to the apostle Do Whatever He Say,and at the foot of the cross JESUS said, Son.here's Your Mother 😇,,She truly our Mother🙏🙏🙏
Mary cried and did nothing. The thief on the cross did not even look at her.
Mother of god pray for us 🙏✝️❤
Read the Bible carefully
As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!” But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”. you guys are lying to your self's
That's a very bad argument and doesn't prove anything. We have an entire video debunking that verse.
Did Jesus reject his mother? Not remotely. Mary IS blessed (Lk. 1:48) ua-cam.com/video/nHFNGlf5nLU/v-deo.htmlsi=Ot3LVsjamd_2RZdi
when did i say Jesus rejected his mother. and do you see what Jesus was saying. marry isn't some divine holy person just because she birthed Jesus its because she believed in Jesus that why she was saved, Jesus said blessed are the people that hear Gods words and obey it, meaning that woman just like guys do was trying to put marry on a divine level but Jesus said no. this is what im talking about, you guys only follow what you guys think is right and not what is@@CatholicTruthOfficial
Yeah, no, that's complete nonsense, I don't know any Christian anywhere that says Mary was not blessed in being the one chosen to carry Christ to unto his birth. Ever. Now, that Catholics warp this into lifting her into some mystical office that she currently holds where you're supposed to pray or talk to her or think she is any sort of mediator or intercessor of any kind today is frankly unbibical and gross.
We have heard countless Protestants say that Mary is not blessed. We're not making that up. It's from experience. I'm glad you agree she's blessed to though.
And intercessory prayer is actually very biblical for people in the body of Christ can pray for one another. Mary and the Saints are part of the body of Christ still and therefore can pray for one another unless you have a scripture where it says they can't. Because there are scriptures where it says the Saints in heaven bring all our prayers before God (i.e. Rev 5:8)
@@CatholicTruthOfficial Sorry, no, you're still trying to be sly and deceptive. "Is Blessed" in your way is not the same as "was blessed". She "was blessed" in that she was chosen to carry Jesus the Savior to his birth, in the way that the Bible actually says and Mary herself actually recognizes that she was blessed. Every non-Catholic Bible believer I've ever known agrees with this.
But your bizarre twisting of this into "Mary IS Blessed" as if with a capital "B", in that she somehow currently holds some special office that other passed-on believers don't have, with special powers and authority and sway with God that other passed-on believers don't have, is strange and wildly unbiblical, and I'm not surprised that born again people don't agree with you that Mary is such a thing.
This is also kind of evident in your capital "S" as in "Saints", which the Catholic church makes some specially canonized office conferred posthumously on some special class of believers by the Catholic church, but the New Testament is clear that all born again, all believers, are saints. For example, in Ephesians 4, or;
1 Corinthians 6"
1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
2 Do ye not know that *the saints* shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged *by you,* are *ye* unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3 Know ye not that *we* shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge *who are least esteemed in the church.*
You're not a saint, because you're trying to get to heaven the Roman Catholic way, not by receiving eternal life and justification before God the Biblical way - a free gift by grace, by faith on Christ, without works, not at all by or through works of righteousness which we have done (Romans 4, Romans 11:5-6, Titus 3:5-7 etc).
But to the point, note your sly shift in your response to me, in praying FOR other believers, when I was talking about praying TO believers who have passed on. I see no example in the New Testament where any saved person prays to a passed-on Mary or any other passed-on saved person, or is instructed to do so. Considering the pattern in Deut. 18:10 I would definitely advise against it, and in fact it does tell us that through Christ, the ONE mediator between God and man, through what he has done, we may come straight to the throne boldly and directly;
Heb. 4:
14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
So no, I'm not buying what you're saying. But I do sincerely hope you will get out of that Catholic church and find the Christ of the Bible and the life he brings.
Amazing video, love it.
For (whosoever) shall do the will of God, the (same) is my brother, and my sister, and (mother) -Jesus Mark 3:35 kjv
Amen. Mary did the will of God to perfection. So she was his mother in that aspect and also his mother by God's perfect will and design. All of God's choices are perfect, and God's perfect choice to be the mother of Jesus was Mary.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial (his) you mean Jesus the Son of man right?
Yes. There is only one Jesus, the God/man. :)
@@CatholicTruthOfficial yes! The SON of the most high GOD!
Yes. Jesus: fully God and fully man.
Would Jesus get on his knees and pray to Mary and the saints and a carved image of her? 🤔 I don’t think so……
This makes no sense since we ask His mother to _pray for us to her Son Jesus._ It's intercessory prayer. Intercessory prayer is biblical.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial ok please provide a verse where it states that it is ok to pray to the dead.
Please show me a verse where it says Mary is dead in heaven. To the contrary, she is alive in heaven. "God is not the God of the dead but of the living."
Still waiting for a verse on this.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial show me where it says in the Bible to go to or pray to or whorship anyone else besides our lord and king Jesus? Please
This is in the Bible for you:
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
This explains it all, saying other wise or adding to it is blasphemy.
For arguments sake let’s say Mary didn’t die in the flesh but got taken up with shoes and all up to heaven, saying that she can hear and answer prayers that are for Jesus is wrong.
You would be basically saying she has the same authority and power as Jesus, omnipresent. True?
I don’t understand why you just can’t go to our savior, I really don’t. It completely baffles me.
Nowhere in the Bible is it written to pray and put people ( read people) as special people!
Actually it does. The Bible is clear that God honors certain people and says we must honor them as well. The Bible also says we must honor our religious leaders with double honor.
Continue to preach the truth.
Catholic truth I have a doubt In luke 11:27 a woman tries to exalt mary but jesus says blessed are those who obey the word of god,the protestants think "maybe jesus never exalted mary or called her as mother but woman"How can I reply to them the correct meaning
When Jesus calls Mary woman that should take one back to Genesis 3. No no one keep the word of God closer than Mary.
@@William2015-q4h please explain me in detail my beloved
The Greek word Menoun can mean rather, or it can mean truly, doubtless, surely or verily which in this case would confirm Mary's blessedness. Either way, it's not a slap to Mary as it is making a point that God is the most important thing in the world, even more than family, which Mary would agree. Luke 1:48 all generations will call Mary blessed. Thus, she is blessed according to Scripture, and Protestants are trying to find anything little to use against her, even if it means "twisting the Scriptures to their own destruction."
@@CatholicTruthOfficial Protestants arent against Mary just because they dont bow befor your queen of heaven graven images.
Dear humble Pius Peter, in Luke 11:27, that woman in the crowd obviously believed that the Mother of Jesus is Blessed primarily BECAUSE of her BIOLOGICAL relationship with Jesus (i.e because she gave birth to Him and nursed Him). The response that Jesus gave her ("Rather, Blessed are they that hear the word of God and obey it") was NOT a denial of the fact that His Mother ought to be acclaimed as one who is Blessed -- Jesus was simply making that woman in the crowd realize that Mary's status as one who is Blessed has more to do with her OBEDIENCE than with her biological relationship with Him. His statement in Luke 11:28 doesn't EXCLUDE Mary because she clearly qualifies to be regarded as one who placed great importance on the virtue of OBEDIENCE. Scripture has examples of this fact eg (1) When the angel Gabriel appeared to her and told her what God wanted to do in her life, she didn't refuse or resist the will of God but expressed obedience to His will (Luke 1:38) (2) when Joseph was ordered by God to take his family and flee to Egypt, she obeyed and followed him (3) when Jesus entrusted her into the care of the beloved disciple, she obeyed the wishes of Jesus by going to stay in the home of that disciple (John 19:26-27) (4) Jesus instructed His disciples to wait together in Jerusalem for the coming of the holy Spirit. Mary obeyed this instruction and joined the disciples in waiting for the coming of the Spirit (Acts 1:14)
Jesus would never refute the Blessedness of His beloved Mother. In fact, the Holy Spirit tells us she deserves to be called Blessed in the same manner that Jesus deserves to be called Blessed. The Holy Spirit inspired Elizabeth to declare: "Blessed are you among women, and Blessed is the fruit of your womb" (Luke 1:42). Both words "Blessed" in this verse are translations of the SAME Greek word "Eulogeo" -- a word which the new testament uses in particular reference to the Blessedness of Jesus Christ (Matthew 21:9; Matthew 23:39; Mark 11:9; Luke 13:35; John 12:13)
Excellence.
Matthew 1:23-25
23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus.
The Bible says “ HE KNEW HER NOT UNTIL AFTER HER FIRST BORN.
Luke 1:34
34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I aknow not a man?
Even Mary said it here.
Text clearly show and emphases Joseph and Mary not knowing each other UNTILL AFTER THE FIRST BORN.
NO ONE CAN COME AGAINST TRUTH.
Holy Roman Catholic Church
Yes that's true
Who is my mother..who are my brothers.for those who do my fathers will is my mother and are my brothers
That's not a good argument. We have a whole video debunking that too. ua-cam.com/video/nHFNGlf5nLU/v-deo.htmlsi=Ot3LVsjamd_2RZdi
@CatholicTruthOfficial u can debunk anything on the info highway called the inter et..so if we believe jesus we believe what he say..n even how u speak of mary ..its another god..u dont see it because its your religion...god took me out of islam but its how we referenced Mohammad u do the same with mary as a catholic...u out her as Muslims put mohammad ..as a partner..call for pray..we have to call out for mohammad..say pbuh everytime we mention his name....it just is what it is n if we followin god in christ we gotta deal with these hard things..but please do explain also why he calls mary WOMAN in the scriptures..cuz being god he knew what was gonna be made cuz of his story
There's a big distinction between esteeming Mary as blessed & us blessed through her, and ascribing to her utterly idolatrous roles and titles.
Catholics do the first. We honor Mary and esteem her as blessed. We do not do the second thing you claim. Thank you for your comment.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial No problem. Some questions then:
What do the titles Queen of Heaven and Mediatrix of all Graces signify?
How is prayer to Mary for my own salvation and resistance to temptation any more effectual (or necessary) than praying so directly to God our Father through Christ?
Thank you for the questions. We are only getting back to all of these comments on this video now.
1. According to the Bible, all the kings of Israel had their mothers as the queen sitting on a throne. They did not rule, but they were highly respected in the land and could intercede to the king. Jesus is a king in the line of David and so Mary would be the Queen Mother. (In Hebrew she was the Gibirah or "The Mother of My Lord".) This is the exact title Elizabeth used for Mary in Luke 1 when she said, "Who am I that _the mother of my Lord_ should come to me?
So, she he is the king, that would make her the queen mother. Jesus isn't a king in Israel but in heaven, hence Queen of Heaven. (Also see Rev. 11:19-12:1. All the earliest Christians talked about Mary being the New Ark of the Covenant, and we see a picture of her in 12:1 giving birth to the male child Jesus.
Mediatrix of graces means that Jesus is grace itself. Life itself. Power itself. All power, grace and life and salvation came into this world in the person of Jesus Christ but through Mary. God could have transported Jesus down to earth, but he chose to have Jesus come through Mary. So, she participated (by the grace of God) in the salvation process and bringing all grace into this world in a special way. It also means that God allows her to distribute his graces. (Of course, Mary is in perfect union with the Will of God and does everything He would want. She is subject to Him and worships His majesty eternally and would never go outside His perfect will.).
We do pray for salvation and protection to Jesus and the Father, however, don't we ask friends and family to pray for us? "Mom, I feel I need more protection, I'm being attack, and I've been praying to Jesus but you can you say a prayer for me too? Thanks."
So it's the same thing. We can ask Mary to pray and intercede for us but we know her prayers are infinitely more powerful than earthly prayers based on James 5:16 which says the prayer of the righteous man attains much with God. Mary and the Saints are perfected in Christ's righteousness in heaven and so their prayers are powerful. We still go to Jesus though as he is the source and end of all our prayers.
Hope that helps.
Amen
My thing is if Jesus didn’t say do it and if it’s not written clearly in the law you should not be doing it stop leading people astray
That leads to BIG problems. For example, the early church worshiped in people's homes. Jesus never said to worship inside a _church._ Jesus never said to make a Bible or even to read a bible. Jesus never said you could own a car. Jesus was poor and gave up everything, he never said you could own a lot of things or anything at all. He did say you have to hate your parents and family in Mk 10. So, if we are just going to go by what Jesus said or didn't say, that's very problematic. Jesus said a lot more than was written down. He started a church and taught the church and gave his doctrines to the church. Only some of that was written down. This is not a great philosophy to live by. We have to go by the whole bible, not just by what Jesus said.
To say that catholics don't worship mary is like saying, "there's a tooth fairy." Why do they pray to her, ask for intersession, ask for her to pray for them, plus a mirriad of other things, and if that's not enough, why did the catholic church remove the gospel of mary from their bible?..
Why do yoy ask for your friends or family or pastor to pray for you, to intercede for you? Are you worshiping them?
The gospel of Mary was a Gnostic gospel and never part of the Bible.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial no, I pray for them and for all the live saints.. they pray for me without my asking.. I don't pray for the dead neither do they..
The Saints and have are alive. They're more alive than you are. God is the God of the living not the dead.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial gee, I've been born again for over 50 years, and it's taken you that long to tell me something like that? TSK!! TSK!! What else can you tell me that the lord hasn't allready?..
Thank you for this. This is the only thing I am struggling with. I have accepted every other Catholic doctrines, and I have been attending mass. God is good
@Fishers of Men, think that over again, please!
"O Lady, since thou art the dispenser of all graces, and since the grace of salvation can come only through thy hands, our salvation depends on thee." St. Bernardine of Siena
If this isn't worship, nothing else ever will be! Ex catholic of 53 years! Freed from the shackles of the RCC!
@@rlrett1 well I personally don’t worship Mary. And I find the catholic faith to be beautiful
I’m a former Protestant turning catholic. So I’m on the other side of the spectrum
@@rlrett1 you know that Protestants didn’t even exist until 1517?
@@rlrett1 you know that Protestants didn’t even exist until 1517?
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
This didnt make her the queen of heaven. Mary wasnt the only woman blessed above women.
That's because Jael was only blessed among women in the tent and wasn't the Mother of the King of Israel who always had their mother's as the queen Mother.
🌹🌹Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Luke 1:28 "And coming to her, he said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you." The Greek kecharitomene means favored by grace, graced. Its tense suggests a permanent state of being "highly favored," thus full of grace. Charity, the divine love within us, comes from the same root. God is infinite Goodness, infinite Love. Mary is perfect created goodness, filled to the limit of her finite being with grace or charity.Blessed art thou among women Luke 1:41-42a "When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, "Most blessed are you among women..." Luke 1:48 "For he has looked upon his handmaid's lowliness; behold, from now on will all ages call me blessed."Among all women is a way to say the highest/greatest etc. of a group in Semitic languages (these words would likely have been spoken in Aramaic). Mary is being called the greatest of all women, greater than Ruth, greater than Sarah, greater than EVE! Since Eve was created immaculate (without original sin), Mary must have been conceived immaculate. And, although Eve fell into sin by her own free will, Mary must have corresponded to God's grace and remained sinless. She could not otherwise be greater than Eve. Thus, as the Fathers of the Church unanimously assert, Mary is the New Eve who restores womanhood to God's original intention and cooperates with the New Adam, her Son, for the Redemption of the world.Blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus Luke 1:42b "and blessed is the fruit of your womb." Jesus is Mary's fruit. Good fruit does not come from anything but a good tree (Mt. 7:17-18)! The all-holy Son of God could not be the fruit of any other tree than the Immaculate Virgin.Holy Mary, Mother of God Luke 1:43 "And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? Kyrios is the Greek word used by the Jews in the Septuagint Bible (Greek translation) for Yhwh, the Divine Name of God. In her greeting of Mary, Elizabeth is saying: "How is it that the mother of my God should come to me." Against the heresies of the 4th and 5th centuries which tried to split the Person of Jesus into two, divine and human, denying one or the other, the Council of Ephesus in 431 AD proclaimed Mary Theotokos (God-bearer, i.e. mother of God). Jesus is a single Person, a Divine Person, the 2nd Person of the Most Holy Trinity. To be mother of the Person Jesus is to be mother of a Person who is God. Mary's title protects this truth against errors which emphasize or deny, either the divinity or humanity of the Lord.Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Luke 2:35 "...and you yourself a sword will pierce so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed." John 2:5 "His mother said to the servers, "Do whatever he tells you." Mary sees a need and appeals to Her Son to satisfy it. He does. We turn to Mary to ask her to intercede with her Son in our daily spiritual and material needs, but especially at the hour of our death. At that moment our salvation hangs in the balance as the devil makes his final foray to deter us from the path to God (Rev. 2:10). It is not surprising, therefore, that both the Hail Mary and the Our Father conclude with an appeal to be delivered from the evil one.
The Power of Intercessory Prayer: Intercessory prayer proceeds from faith in God that holy men and women who have died are as alive today as they were on earth (Luke 20:38). If the prayer of the just man avails much, how much more the prayer of the one made perfect (Rev. 21:27) and living with God in heaven (the patriarchs, apostles and other holy men and women).James 5:16b "the fervent prayer of a righteous man is very powerful." Rev. 5:8 "When he took it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of the elders held a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the holy ones. The angels, too, mediate our prayers. This is taught explicitly in the Jewish book of Tobit (Tob. 12:12), accepted by Christians as inspired until Luther on his own authority rejected it. It remains part of the Catholic Bible. Tobit 12:12 I can now tell you that when you, Tobit, and Sarah prayed, it was I who presented and read the record of your prayer before the Glory of the Lord; and I did the same thing when you used to bury the dead. Rev. 8:3 "Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a gold censer. He was given a great quantity of incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the holy ones, on the gold altar that was before the throne."
Is the rosary mindless babbling? The purpose of the different beads on the rosary is to count the various prayers as they are said. Unlike the Moslem prayer beads and the mantras of Buddhism, the prayers of the rosary are meant to occupy our whole being, body and soul, while meditating on the truths of the Faith. Any prayer is vain, however, if said mechanically without devotion. Simply to repeat prayers is not the vain repetition condemned by Christ (Mt 6:7), since He Himself repeats His prayer in the Garden three times (Mt 26:39, 42, 44) and the Psalms (inspired by the Holy Spirit) are often very repetitive (Ps 119 has 176 verses and Ps. 136 repeats the same phrase 26 times). Matthew 6:7 In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Psalm 136:1-26
Praise the LORD, who is so good;
God's love endures forever;
Praise the God of gods;
God's love endures forever;
. . . Praise the God of heaven,
God's love endures forever. Matthew 26:39 He advanced a little and fell prostrate in prayer, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet, not as I will, but as you will." Matthew 26:42 Withdrawing a second time, he prayed again, "My Father, if it is not possible that this cup pass without my drinking it, your will be done!" Matthew 26:44 He left them and withdrew again and prayed a third time, saying the same thing again. The Church believes that it is necessary for a Christian to meditate (prayerfully think about) the will of God, the life and teachings of Jesus, the price He paid for our salvation, and so on. Unless we do this we will begin to take these great gifts for granted and ultimately fall away from the Lord. Every Christian must meditate in some way in order to preserve the gift of salvation (James 1:22-25). Many Catholic and non-Catholic Christians prayerfully read and apply Scripture to their lives, that is, meditate on them. With the rosary this can be done virtually anywhere and anytime.
NO one was ever blessed Like Mary sorry 😜
@@biblealone9201 Thats true, no one was ever blessed like Mary.
You should go to Latin America and see what the catholic church has done. Between festivals to her and shrines in many homes, Mary is more important than Jesus.
@@Wgaither1 All popes allow this. No matter what this gentleman said on utube, catholics have elevated Mary to be equal if not more important than Jesus. My mother was catholic and when she died, they held a rosary service for her. For every Our Father, they said nine Hail Mary's. They may claim that they do not venerate Mary but they do.
@@Wgaither1 why u want the pope to ex-communicate them?
@@darrellreuss2742 so sad ur were poorly catechized like me. To where else shall we go?
@@essafats5728 The Bible is very clear. From beginning to the end, it is all about Jesus. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
@@darrellreuss2742 Agree. Jesus is King. Is it just bout the bible only...oops I mean Jesus? Why are there other people mentioned constantly?
Make sense to me.
I’ve never seen a Catholic Church without a Statue of Christ or Mary. If they go up to that altar bow and kneel down to pray it’s Idolatry and paganism. No way around it.
Sorry. We don't pray to statues. In fact, the Catholic Church forbids that. Just so you know. God bless.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial YOU PERSONALLY may not but I just went on the linked page and there is a conformation retreat Feb 12 in Woodbury NJ or something like that and the first I see is a huge statue of Christ on a cross? I could be mistaken so I’m going to do my due diligence before I misrepresented anyone.
What Church have you gone to that has a statue of Mary on the Alter?
You need to look up the meanings of both of those words as you simply do not understand them.
@@dave_ecclectic So it’s ok to worship EITHER ONE of those whether it be an idol or statue??? YES, NO, MAYBE SO??
@@dave_ecclectic So whether it’s an statue or altar is it ok to go up to the front of the church bow on your knees in front of a “FIGURE” of a woman and pray? I’ve already had this discussion with the mod of this chat and they deleted the messages with the information. I even posted the church that THIS VERY CHURCH CONGREGATION did some type of celebration or ceremony at a church in New Jersey. Guess what that church had in the front???? A HUGE “FIGURE “ of some woman. 🙃
Instrument yes but not to intercede. Do you ask candles to intercede for you? Do you ask a hammer to intercede?
Hammers and candles are not living beings, so, the question doesn't really make sense!?!
@@CatholicTruthOfficial fair enough but I'm still not asking an instrument to pray for me. Pharoah and Judas were instruments too but I hope you don't pray to them.
But you do that when you ask friends and family to pray for you, right? As for pharoah and judas, do you ask unholy people on earth to pray for you? Or holy people? Same concept.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial it's okay. I love you even if you feel you need to add to the Bible. I am okay with Christ alone
We don't feel the need to ass to the Bible, but we love you too despite your misunderstandings and slander. Show me in the Bible where it says Christ alone. Oh it doesn't. It says there is the Holy Spirit, that Christ gave us a church, baptism and many other things. Stinks you're adding to the Bible. ;)
Scott Hahn?! He is awesome!
He is a charlatan
@@Jerry-er6lq I am not judging. The man disregards scripture in favour of catholic traditions, which are man-made.
@@Jerry-er6lq It is not Christ's church. The misconception lies in Matthew 16v18...and I tell you, you are Peter and on this rock, I will built my church...." see Jesus was referring not to Peter, but to Peter’s confession of faith in verse 16: “You are the Christ, the son of the living God.” Jesus had never explicitly taught Peter and the other disciples the fullness of His identity, and He recognized that God had sovereignly opened Peter’s eyes and revealed to him who Jesus really was. His confession of Christ as Messiah poured forth from him, a heartfelt declaration of Peter’s personal faith in Jesus. It is this personal faith in Christ which is the hallmark of the true Christian. Those who have placed their faith in Christ, as Peter did, are the church
@@Jerry-er6lq The RCC is the mother of harlots spoken of in revelations and all these other sects are the so-called harlots. The problem is you have put so much faith and hope in the RCC that you have truly abandoned the true teachings of the bible in favour of its traditions. You have put all your hope in the RCC, like the lie that there is no salvation outside the RR. If the RCC were to excommunicate you right now, you will be lost. You will lose all hope and walore in despair, believing all chances of being saved are gone. Not true. This is not the church that Christ build, nor any of the sects. None are 100% true. The believers who meet in His name and study and try to adhere to it are the true church. Unlike you, I do not belong to a building or sect but I try to adhere to the wishes of my Lord as much as I can (through sola scriptura), & meet with like-minded people who do not teach falsehood like the RCC. You do not belong to the RCC or any sect. You belong to Jesus. Catholic church with its man-made dogmas and doctrines under the guise of traditions and false authority is furthest from the truth of God. You make the mistake that scripture, when talking abouth church or keys, is talking about the catholic church & regards the RCC, Just because it is "historically" what the "church" has done, does NOT make it correct! You have the "churchianity without the Christianity
@@Jerry-er6lq The RCC never gave us the book. Granted, God may have used these men to compile the NT but the books are recorded way back before even the RCC was born. Why do you beat the protestants so much about the missing books? Do you know the Orthodox have more than 80? What is your thought on that? What about the extra books that the eastern catholics have. What is your opinion of a few additional things beyond these 7, found in Eastern Catholic bibles, such as Prayer of Manasseh, Psalm 151, 3 Macabees?
In all these 73 books do you know Daniel and Revelations? Or you just enjoying to have many books while you don't understand what they mean. Do you understand what these other gnoctic ones contain?
Brother, bottom line is RCC teaching is wrong. Even on those extra 7, none support, rosary, scapulars, medals, keeping corpses and venerating them, relics ( a nice word for human blood, flesh & bones), purgatory, incorruptables, statues & images etc. Catholicism is simply wrong
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Why we don’t venerate Moses too?
We do. And all the Saints.
Venerate the saints and worship Mary.
Nope. Venerate the Saints and Mary. Worship God alone.
There is some always missing about the future history of Mary and his male child from Revelation 12. According to private revelations through the centuries, a descendant of King David is to be born in exile, descendant also from the Spaniard Monarchy, so is probably from a Latin America country. Isaiah said he is discouraged and he thinks he is wasting his time, so he implores to God to change his future and Israel (Catholic Church) Future. If this is according to the Scripture, he is also the prodigal son from the Parabols, as well as the mustard seed. San Francis from Padua said he was a saint in his youth, then become a great sinner, then convert to God. He is described as someone who suffer and share also some suffering with Jesus. He is nothing without Jesus, and Jesus appointed him as king. What a humble God we have. Mary is his mother according to Revelation 12, I think Virgin Mary is going to start being present in body soon, to prepare his child for battle, since is also said that this is a warrior King, the one who lives to revive the spirit of the Priests and the Laymen. The appointed by Jesus to save the Catholic Church before His coming.
What I personally understand this man is going to be as mother Mary, ascended and become inmortal, then come back to save the souls God want to save. It is going to be incredibly, since this year is 490th anniversary of the apparitions of Guadalupe, Mother of this future son of David, this complies with Daniel 70 weeks
In Revelation 12, we see a tableaux with a female figure bearing a child. We know the child is the Messiah by the reference, "destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod" -- which recalls the Messianic prophecy in Psalm 2:7 -
"The Lord said to me, 'You are my son; this day I have begotten you. Ask of me and I will give you the nations for an inheritance and the ends of the earth for your possession. You shall rule them with an iron rod; you shall shatter them like an earthen dish.'"
Now, if the child in Revelation 12 is Jesus, the woman from whom he issues can only be Mary. Here's why:
We see a vision of her in the heavens, clothed in the sun, wearing a crown, a symbol of royalty: "A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth. Then another sign appeared in the sky; it was a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadems. Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and hurled them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth, to devour her child when she gave birth. She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was caught up to God and his throne. The woman herself fled into the desert where she had a place prepared by God, that there she might be taken care of for twelve hundred and sixty days...
"When the dragon saw that it had been thrown down to the earth, it pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle, so that she could fly to her place in the desert, where, far from the serpent, she was taken care of for a year, two years, and a half-year. The serpent, however, spewed a torrent of water out of his mouth after the woman to sweep her away with the current. But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth and swallowed the flood that the dragon spewed out of its mouth. Then the dragon became angry with the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring, those who keep God's commands and bear witness to Jesus."
Queen of Heaven
Much is made of the title Queen of Heaven by those who attack Catholicism and Marian devotion. The allusion is always to the pagan pantheons and to the mother of the gods, often mother in a very carnal sense of other pagan deities. The Canaanite worship of the "Queen of Heaven" condemned by the prophets is mentioned, as is the worship of Diana of the Ephesians, devotion to whom was exceeding popular before the Gospel arrived among the pagans. It is said that Catholicism at the Council of Ephesus restored this pagan devotion under the cover of devotion to Mary. The history of that Council given above shows the absurdity, and the intellectual dishonesty, of that claim! One might as well claim with respect to Jesus that Christians worship a mere man, since to arrive at this conclusion the Church's teaching must be ripped from its context and distorted to fit a preconceived judgement.
What then does it mean for Mary to be the Queen of Heaven? In the Old Testament monarchy the Queen of the Davidic Kingdom was the Queen Mother. The Kings, for reasons of state and human weakness, had many wives, none of whom fittingly could be called Queen. That honor was reserved for the mother of the King, whose authority far surpassed the many "queens" married to the king. We see this is the role Bathsheba played with respect to King Solomon and the occasions when the Queen Mother acted as regent on behalf of juvenile successors to the throne.
The role of the Queen Mother, therefore, is a prophetic type of the Kingdom role of Mary, just as the role of the Davidic King is a prophetic type of the Kingdom role of Jesus. Jesus inherited the Kingdom promised to David, who was told that one of his descendants would rule forever. The angel Gabriel revealed this fact to Mary at her Annunciation,
Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end." (Luke 1:31-33)
Aside from the prophetic types present in the Kingdom of Judah, there is also the text of Psalm 45, which when speaking of the Kingdom of God also speaks of its Queen.
[6] Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. [7] Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. [8] All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. [9] Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. [10] Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; [11] So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him. (Psalm 45:6-11, KJV)
That Kingdom ruled by God is the same as the Kingdom ruled eternally by the Son of David. It is not an earthly kingdom, though it is present on earth in the Church, but a heavenly kingdom, the Kingdom of God. The Queen of that Kingdom is the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of the Lord God Jesus Christ
Jesus called her women what do you want from me!
Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”John 2;5
Matthew 12:46-50
New International Version
Jesus’ Mother and Brothers
46 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. 47 Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”
48 He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
Mary was human and a sinner just like all of us she was not perfect and putting an imperfect being before or equal to Jesus is a Sin and unrepented sin will not go punished. Also praying to dead people is another sin!
That's because woman was a term of respect back in the day, and also refers to the woman prophesied in Genesis 3:15 and Revelation 12:1.
Show me the line where it says Mary was a sinner like everyone else. Quote the chapter and verse on that. Because it doesn't actually say that.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 3:23 NKJV
But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Galatians 3:22 NKJV
For God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.
Romans 11:32 NKJV
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
I John 1:8-10 NKJV
And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.
Luke 1:47 NKJV If Mary was sinless, how does she need a Savior and call God my Savior?
Yes. They do.
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I'm a former Protestant. Before studying the scriptures and Catholicism, it appeared to me that Catholics worship Mary. However, that is incorrect. God knows our heart. I found in about 5 minutes of Google that Mary is NOT worshipped in the Catholic Church. The Ten Commandments forbids us from worshipping anyone or anything other than God. Protestantism misrepresents the teachings of Catholicism in their evangelism efforts. Basically, they lie about the Catholic Church. They know if you knew the truth, no one would be Protestant.
In Matthew 16, Jesus Christ started the Catholic Church with St Peter as the head. 2 chapters later, He said we must listen to the Catholic Church. In 1 Timothy 3:15, Paul says the Catholic Church is the pillar and foundation of truth.
Catholics give respect and honor to Mary as the Mother of God. She is not worshipped. We only worship God.
At the wedding in Cana, Mary declared to the servants, "Whatever He says to you, do it."
1) Jesus taught His disciples how to pray to the Father only, but the Mary of Roman Catholicism exhorts Roman Catholics to pray the rosary... to her.
2) An anonymous woman, who was present among a crowd of people being taught by Jesus, said out loud, "Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts at which you nursed." Jesus answered, "Yea, RATHER, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it." Luke 11:27. Jesus made it clear that anyone hearing and obeying the word of God is more blessed than Mary's blessing of giving natural birth and natural nourishment to Jesus.
3) The Roman Catholic Mary has been predominantly exclusive within the Roman Catholic Church. The biblical Mary would never exclude herself from those who are born of God's Spirit and washed in His Son's blood, regardless of church affiliation. She would know that to be partisan to a certain church group would make her violate what Jesus forbade, which is sectarianism.
Thank you for the comment. 1. The Rosary is actually a pray about Jesus. It's primarily a meditation on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus while asking Mary to pray for us to Jesus so that we can follow him and imitate him more faithfully.
2. As for Luke 11:27, the Greek word Menoun can mean rather but it can also mean true, verily, surely, or doubtless which actually affirms her blessedness with this meaning. Either way, Mary would be the first to affirm following Christ is the most important thing.
3. Orthodox, some Protestants, and others also have a devotion to Mary. The reason it's more "exclusive" isn't because Mary or the Catholic Church made it that way, but because Protestants threw out the honor and devotion thinking it was too "Catholic." Mary is there for all, but not all want to ask her intercession. So, she is bipartisan, it's the non-Catholics who are partisan.
Pls note that your number 2 explanation was wrong. Jesus made reference to his mother when he said blessed is he who hears God words and keep it. That was exactly what Mary did. She heard from God through the Angel Gabriel that she would bore a son and she believed it.
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The King James version, which is the translation that is the closest to the original Greek, does not say, "Blessed is 'he.' It says, "Blessed are they."
In other translations, the word "those" is used, instead of "they."
The words "they" and "those" are interchangeable, but it is certainly not the word "he" in Luke 11:28.
There were no saints to pray to during the time written about in the bible. If the apostles wanted to talk to Mary they would have gone to her house. Jesus was competing with the pagans who pray to anything, and the Jewish leadership who had forgotten how to pray at all. He accused them of play acting for an audience.
Jesus gave us his apostle to bring us to Him. He didn't see them as competition. Did He say "make sure nobody worships you." No, He commanded them to be fishers of men to bring people to God. He never gave the impression that He was worried sick about them being intercessors. He gave them the authority to gather souls that the Father gave him.
2. Jesus is hammering home the point that inclusion in the family of God, the new creation, had nothing to do with tribe or bloodline. It is entirely what it says in Revelation: "those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus." it will never again be about earthy family. Mary happens to be His early family. But he points out that is not what makes her His family. She is the greatest example of keeping His commandment and believing in HIm, which is what we should model ourselves after.
@@sundayusikpo3064 mary didnt believe it at first , because she knew no man. gabriel assured her she was going to have a child.
The gospel is so simple.
Why complicate it😭
There is only one Mediater between God and man. Jesus Christ!
Why do you think Mary would be busy all day taking prayers to Jesus.
Stop it!! Jesus is not a child that needs a mother . He is the God of the Universe for God's sake😭
Just stop complicating the gospel.
"Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let’s rid ourselves of every obstacle and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us,"" (Hebrews 12:1).
My interpretation: I can see we all have our own races to heaven as our destiny. While we are running our races, ""cloud of witnesses"" are actually rooting for us. Those witnesses are those who have gone before us. Jesus Chris is enthroned in this cloud of witnesses, so those witnesses have to be saints in heaven who can see and hear us on earth.
Your interpretation:
"And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and with golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of saints" (Revelation 5:8).
My interpretation: I see 24 elders/immortal men or 24 mediators (who are for Jesus Christ) are holding prayers of saints (who are either on earth or in heaven.
Your interpretation:
"And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer and he was given much incense to mingle with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne; and the smoke of the incense rose with the prayers of the saints from hand of the angel before God" (Revelation 8:3-4).
My interpretation: I see the angel has some role to take prayers of the saints into his hands before passing them to God.
Your interpretation:
"See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven" (Matthew 18:10).
My interpretation: Do we have our own guardian angels following and observing us? Do they ever complete our night prayers to God after we fall asleep not able to complete prayers? I would believe so.
Your interpretation:
"Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects" (James 5:16).
My interpretation: If the prayers of righteous men on earth have great power, then how much more so coming from the prayers of those who have been perfected in heaven?
Your intrepretation:
No one is saying against this. Why don't you understand the mediating is between herself and her Son not God, or rather the Father as everyone who states this states it incorrectly.
"No one comes to the Father except through Me"
Mary is in Heaven where there is no "day".
Jesus did need a Mother and has one.
It's only complicated if you don't read the Bible.