If i say this pray will God listen ?
Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our sweetness our hope and our life. To you do we pray poor banished children of Eve. To you do we send up our sighs. Mourning and weeping in this valley of tears, turn then O most gracious advocate your eyes of mercy toward us. And after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. Mary mother of God, pray for us that we may be made worthy of the promises of your son Jesus Christ. Amen
How does this pray match John 14:6
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me
So you don't believe that someone praying for someone else has any effect - spiritual or otherwise?
So what is the point of praying for someone who is sick or injured? Apparently, according to the theology quoted in John 14:6, doing so is not only useless, but blasphemous as well (since no one comes to the Father except through Jesus).
Nowhere in that prayer to Mary is it asking Mary directly for salvation - it asks her to pray for the prayer.
So is it wrong to ask anyone else to pray for you? If so, what is the point of even going to church?
If it's not wrong, then what's the problem with asking Mary for a little prayer assistance. Presumably she's got a pretty good network of contacts, and by all accounts she's a pretty nice lady. Why wouldn't you want her on your side?
No. Of course not.
Yup Catholics do that biblical thing Pray to Mary and not only Mary but the Saints for their intersession.
And yes its very biblical for those who say their can be only one Mediator between God and Man you are correct.
But what does it say about interseceroy prayer.
Because he is the only God-man and the Mediator of the New Covenant, Jesus is the only mediator between man and God (1 Tim. 2:5), but this in no way means we cannot or should not ask our fellow Christians to pray with us and for us (1 Tim. 2:1 4). In particular, we should ask the intercession of those Christians in heaven, who have already had their sanctification completed, for "[t]he prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects" (Jas. 5:16).
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Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Saint Theresa, hear my prayer. Show your power with God and cure me if it be go to Him," obtain through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice,
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Nov 5, 2007 The Blessed Mother calls for a return to God; to prayer, Messages from the Mother of God Mother Mary has come with a message for all people of . of one of the messages Little Mary received through interior locution. We pray that you will find these messages useful in living out your faith
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Not only do those in heaven pray with us, they also pray for us. In the book of Revelation, we read: "[An] 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 the hand of the angel before God" (Rev. 8:3-4).
Thus, in Psalm 103 we pray, "Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, hearkening to the voice of his word! Bless the Lord, all his hosts, his ministers that do his will!" (Ps. 103:20 21). And in the opening verses of Psalms 148 we pray, "Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his host!"
Jesus himself warned us not to offend small children, because their guardian angels have guaranteed intercessory access to the Father: "See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven" (Matt. 18:10).
"But not the high priest [Christ] alone prays for those who pray sincerely, but also the angels . . . as also the souls of the saints who have already fallen asleep
Rom 6:3-4
Or are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life.
Col 2:12
You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.
Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, the saints, and also for me, that utterance may be given me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak" (Ephesians 6:18-20).
Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, the saints, and also for me, that utterance may be given me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak" (Ephesians 6:18-20).
"First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all men, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, godly and respectful in every way. This is good, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth" (1 Timothy 2:1-4).
But doesn't the Bible says Jesus is the only Mediator between God and man?
A: Yes, it does; in 1 Timothy 2:5 ("For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus"), but we just quoted the four verses immediately preceding this one, and you will remember that in them Paul said: "I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all men."
So the fact that Jesus is the one Mediator between God and man does not prevent other people from acting as intercessors. And we know intercessory prayer certainly does not displease God, for in the same passage we just cited, Paul tells us: "This is good, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior
I am sometimes stunned at how people can hop up and down about what Paul says in 1 Timothy 2:5 and yet miss the subject of intercessory prayer, which is not only the topic of the preceding four verses, but the segue into the discussion of Jesus' unique Mediatorship.
For example, consider the following verses and the concern they show those in heaven having for what happens on earth:
"Then one of the elders [who represent the hierarchy of the people of God in heaven] addressed me, saying, 'Who are these, clothed in white robes, and whence have they come?' I said to him, 'Sir, you know.' And he said to me, 'These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb" (Revelation 7:13-14).
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And they [the elders] sang a new song, saying, 'Worthy art thou to take the scroll and to open its seals, for thou wast slain and by thy blood didst ransom men for God from every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and hast made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on earth'" (Revelation 5:9-10).
"Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, 'The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ this tells us these are the voices of humans, and he shall reign for ever and ever'" (Revelation
11:15). "And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshipped God, saying, 'We give thanks to thee, Lord God Almighty, who art and who wast, that thou hast taken thy great power and begun to reign. The nations raged, but thy wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, for rewarding thy servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear thy name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth'" (Revelation 11:16-18).
"And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, 'Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren this indicates it is a human voice has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. Rejoice then, O heaven and you that dwell therein! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!'" (Revelation 12:10-12).
After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying, 'Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, for his judgments are true and just; he has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he has avenged on her the blood of his servants.' Once
How do you know the saints in heaven are praying for us
"And Onias spoke, saying, 'This is a man who loves the brethren and prays much for the people and the holy city, Jeremiah, the prophet of God'" (2 Maccabees 15:14).
The very verses we just quoted. It goes without saying, for example, that our guardian angels are aware of what we are doing. It is their job to guard us, after all, so we can be sure they know what we are doing and when we are asking them to pray for us.
And in the same way, when we read of the saints in heaven offering our prayers to God in the form of incense (Revelation 5:8, 8:3-4), we know they are aware of our prayers.
Remember: Most of the saints don't have physical bodies right now. They furthermore don't have physical prayer request cards or physical incense or anything like that. This means that when they are pictured as presenting God with our prayers, they are not physically presenting him with our prayers, so they must be mentally presenting them to him. But if they are mentally presenting our prayers to God then they must be aware of our prayers.
I dunno about John whatever, but it is certainly in violation of the first few verses of the 10 commandments.
I don't understand praying to Mary to pray for you...I just don't get it.
Wouldn't it be one less step to just pray for yourself to God?
Let me ask YOU something, and if you can understand the answer, you may just be able to understand the answer to YOUR question.
If you want to talk to ME about something, who do you talk to, my wife, or me? If you were to ask my wife if I could help you with some project around the house, or whatever, she would say "Go talk to him. I don't know his schedule for this weekend."
Best use good grammar and spelling when trying to take the mick.
No!
nowhere does the Bible authorize us to pray to anyone other than God. According to Catholic priest and writer Andrew Greeley, the Mary symbol links Christianity directly to the ancient religions of mother goddesses. Thus, the veneration of Mary has pagan, not Christian, roots. This may be a new thought to many of our readers, and we encourage such ones to examine the Bible to find out what it really teaches. Many of Jehovah s Witnesses were once Catholics, but, upon studying God s Word, they learned that God does not want us to pray through anyone except Jesus Christ, our only intercessor. (Hebrews 7:25)
Lord, teach us how to pray. In response, Jesus began: Whenever you pray, say, Father, let your name be sanctified. During his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus likewise instructed his followers to pray: Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. Luke 11:1, 2; Matthew 6:9.
The first thing we learn, then, is that prayer, or worshipful address, should be directed to Jesus Father, who is Jehovah. Nowhere does the Bible authorize us to pray to anyone else. This is appropriate since, as Moses was told when he received the Ten Commandments, Jehovah is a God exacting exclusive devotion.
If you pray, God hears you. I never understood the reason to pray to Mary. Use the direct approach and just pray to God.
nowhere in that prayer does it say that Mary is our Lord and Savior.
u r right ......... but u gotta except the people where u find them .... don't push ur will ............. u can win a battle but lose the way.
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