from Radio Replies, by Fathers Rumble and Carty, 1942, vol 2
670 To my Protestant mind your worship of Mary is little short of idolatry.
That can only be because you have no understood Catholic doctrine on the subject. The Creator alone is God. Mary is as much a creature as any other human being. But whilst she is as much a creature as we are, we have not been honored by God nearly as much as she.
671. Does not the elevation of Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ, to a rank quasi-divine, find an illuminating analogue in the ancient Egyptian cult which gave Isis the divine rank of Mother of Heaven?
Firstly, Mary has not been elevated by the Catholic Church to a rank of quasi-divine, or even remotely divine. In Catholic theology she falls as far short of divinity as I do, and that's infinitely. Secondly, there is no true analogue between the historical Mother of Christ and the purely mythological Isis, and still less can any illiminatino be derived from a comparison of the two.
672. Cathlicism says Mary is omnipotent in power and infinite in mercy.
It does not say that Mary is omnipotent in power and infinite in mercy. It says that her prayer and intercession have a special efficacy in winning for usthe protection of the Omnipotent power of God and His infinite mercy.
We honour Mary as our Mother because she is the mother of Jesus. Without Mary, there would be no Jesus, without Jesus, there would be no church. So that means without Mary, there'd be no Church. So Mary is the Mother of our Church.
Also, when Jesus was about to die, he said to John to take Mary as his Mother, and to Mary, to take John as her son. Since the Catholic Church is an Apostolic Church, and John was an Apostle, she is our Mother as well.
Because she carried the Christ child, and she and Joseph nurtured him and protected him from the ruler Pilate.
Roman Catholic AnswerCatholics believe that Mary is worth of their devotion because they follow Our Blessed Lord in everything, and He is devoted to her, His mother. Further, on the cross, in the person of St. John, He gave all of us to her as her children, and her to us as our Mother. She is our mother in the order of grace, just as she was Our Blessed Lord's mother in the order of humanity.Mary is considered to be our spiritual mother.
Catholics do not pray to the virgin Mary. The prayer Hail Mary is to ask for the intersession of her grace and for giving her praise. Further, Catholics are NOT a "denomination", they are the Christian Church established by Our Blessed Lord while He was on earth and send the Holy Spirit to guide it into all truth until the end of the world.
All Christians deem that Jesus Christ is the head of their church, and they rejoice in his name. Catholics praise Mary.
does Mary like catholics or johover whitnes
The original version of Fatboy Slim's 'Praise you' is 'Take yo Praise' by Camille Yarborough. The Lyric "praise you" also features in the Mary Mary song 'Shackles'.
To pray and to praise and go to mass.
Catholics are wrongly accused on a regular basis that they worship Mary. Catholics are always quick to say that this is not true. Protestants see the high honor that Catholics give Mary as idolatry. Catholics are not worshiping Mary by honoring her. They are just following Jesus' example are honoring his mother. No Catholic can give more honor to Mary than what Jesus gave to her.
The catholics mainly worship Mary as they say god found her perfect,
Catholics say the Hail Mary frequently.
By praying the Hail Mary.
We have no idea when Mary was born but the nativity of Mary is celebrated by Catholics on September 8.
Apparitions of Mary or others are not doctrinal issues and Catholics are not required to accept them.
Our lady of Africa and The Virgin Mary