Riddle me this, if some people think that praying to Mary, who is a dead human, is wrong, then how is praying?

Question

to Jesus, the HUMAN form of God who was human and now dead, any different? Catholics pray to Mary to intervene for them. They were all human.

Answer 1

Acts 4:12 tells us there is no salvation unless through Jesus so praying through Mary is wrong.John 14:13 Jesus says what ever you ask you must ask in my name.

John 14:28 States that his father is greater than he .

Jesus was dead but he was brought back to life by his farther and returned to heaven, so he is not dead

Answer 2

There sure is a difference. Jesus is risen, Mary is not. Which is why I don't pray to her. I pray to Jesus, who has the fullness of the Godhead dwelled in him. He's the Almighty. And if you look in the book of Acts, Mary was filled with the Holy Ghost as well as everyone else. She was just used of God, no different than a prophet or anything else.

Answer 3

Well, since Jesus is also a part of God, praying to Him makes a whole lot more sense than praying to His earthly mother. The Bible says that Christ sits at the right hand of His Father, it doesn't say where Mary spends her time.

Answer 4

God's not dead. He is very much alive and the only one worthy to be praised. if you knew Scripture you would know that even Mary did not want people worshipping her because she realized herself that she wasn't special, but Jesus was. Thank you for finally admitting that Catholics serve Mary first, not God. You can't pray to a sinner and expect them to speak on your behalf. Just like you can't confess to a priest who is probably more of a sinner than the one confessing! Geeess!! It's no wonder judgement has come down on the Catholic church and that's exactly what it is...God's righteous judgement. He says in His Word " I alone am God and I will not share my glory with another." Catholics need to wake up because you are on the wrong path: popes, priests,Mary and those beads you chant with. That's freaky-deaky!!

Answer 5

Jesus Christ is not dead. Jesus arose from the grave. Mary's bones are still in the ground. We are not to put Mary before Jesus Christ so why pray to Mary when you can go straight to the Lord in prayer. Don't put Mary before Christ Jesus. Praying to Mary or any saint is wrong. In so doing you could be inviting evil spirits to influence your mind.



Jeremiah 7:18

the children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.



verse 23 "Obey My voice, and I will be your God....."



How many voices do you think God wants us to listen to?

Answer 6

You answered your own question. The difference is that Mary was not human Son of God - just Christ, who then resurrected 3 days from his death. Mary was nothing than a vessel for his birth.

Answer 7

Parying to Jesus is wrong too. He isn't God and he cannot save you.



And Jesus is not the Human form of God, if you say that, then you're saying that God himself was crucified. Jesus was never crucified, and why would God deceive all you Christians? God doesn't trust you enough that He put himself in Jesus's body and came upon Earth? Wow.



The only being deserving to receive prayer is God alone, not Jesus nor Mary nor any other propehts. Simply ALLAH(SWT) alone.

Answer 8

Jesus rose from the grave and assended in to heaven he was taken up bodily before 500 people. he is God and still speaks to us unlike marrie or lazereth who were only human.

Answer 9

Because we believe Jesus is NOT dead. We believe in the resurrection. Therefore, for us, Jesus is still very much alive.



P.S. Lazarus never claimed to be divine.

Answer 10

i guess they ignore Rev. 8:4



And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand



but with Mary, or any saint, its not praying to, it's praying THROUGH. the equivalent of asking a friend to pray for you.



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Answer 11

We ask Mary to pray for us, same with the saints.

Answer 12

If they wanna pray to some dead person let them.

I personally don't believe they even care to answer since they're dead!

Answer 13

"Reformers" decided to ignore the canon determined by the Christian Councils .





Luther removed those books from the canon.



Prayers for the dead (Tobit 12:12; 2 Maccabees 12:39-45)



Intercession of dead saints (2 Maccabees 15:14)



Intercession of angels as intermediaries (Tobit 12:12-15)





James 5:16 tells us that "the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" -- and who is more righteous than Mary, the woman chosen by God to bring forth His very Son?



They object and say, 'Our Lord is enough for me. I have no need of her.'

But He needed her, whether we do or not. God, Who made the sun, also made the moon. The moon does not take away from the brilliance of the sun. All its light is reflected from the sun. The Blessed Mother reflects her Divine Son; without Him, she is nothing. With Him, she is the Mother of Men."





She is more that some really cool, spiritual woman who acted as a surrogate mother for the Holy Spirit; she gave to Jesus His humanity in the same way that all mothers give to their children their humanity. He took from her His very Flesh and Blood! It was through her that our Lord "was made of the seed of David according to the flesh" (Romans 1:3)



God allowed Mary to act as the New Eve, playing a role in man's redemption as the First Eve played a role in Man's fall. He "needed" Mary in order for there to be a New Eve and in order to fulfill the words of the Prophets.



It was through Mary's obedience to God and by the blood of her Son that she was redeemed.



There is no one in all of History whose relationship with God is as complex, fulfilled, and achingly beautiful as Mary's. She is not only the greatest of Saints, she is our Mother, as Jesus is our Brother and Savior. In honoring her, we honor Him -- and imitate Him, as we are admonished to both honor our parents and imitate Christ, Who loved His Mother. Our relationship with Mary is that of a child to a blessed Mother who was given to us as Jesus gave her to John at the Cross.



Catholics take great care in pointing out that "worship" in the sense of latria 3 is GOD'S alone -- even to the point of having separate terms for the honor and adoration due to God as opposed to the honor and veneration of the Saints -- including His greatest Saint, Mary.





Love, is infinite! We can love and adore Jesus, love and venerate Mary, love the other Saints, and love each other without depriving anyone (or Anyone) of anything. How many children can you have without running out of love? How many friends? What we "spend" in love is replaced many times over; love for Christ can only bring the fruits of more love to give.



To love Mary takes nothing at all from Christ, but honors our Blessed Lord by Whose grace she is who she is: His greatest creation, the greatest of Saints, the Queen of Heaven, the Immaculate Conception, the spotless Virgin, the Ark of the Covenant, the New Eve, the mother of God, and the mother of Israel .





Her soul magnifies the Lord (Luke 1:46-55)!







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Answer 14

Greetings my lovely Sister,

They just don't get it, do they? They have to prove your question wrong instead of backing up to view the BIG picture of your ?. Although it IS comic relief! lol Big loves to ya. Bright Blessings

Answer 15

He's not dead he's a risen savior. and mary had really nothing to do with anything.

Answer 16

because Jesus is not dead...our whole religion is based on Jesus raising from the dead...

Answer 17

Good point. One thing about prayer is that when you pray, no matter to whom or what, what you're actually doing is setting energies in motion to attract what it is you need. It's the law of attraction. You draw to yourself whatever it is you put your focus on. It's very powerful.

Answer 18

Because Jesus isn't DEAD.

He rose again on the third day.

That ring any bells in your head?

Answer 19

Christ Jesus is very much alive.

Answer 20

it isnt different. You should pray to one God, Allah, and He doesnt need a middle man. (or women)

Answer 21

It's all idolatry, Jesus has been turned into a sacred cow by his followers.

Answer 22

They are alive in heaven.











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Answer 23

JESUS ISN'T DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 24

haven't you heard of zombie jesus?