Our Third Issue of this topic is why Do Catholics Pray “to” Mary and the Saints?
And I [Jesus /God] tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock [you Peter] I will build my church, [SINGULAR] and the powers of death shall not prevail against it.
I will give you [AND YOU ALONE] the keys of the kingdom of heaven,
[to control the access to heaven] and this is
[ACCOMPLISHED in John 20:21-22] and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." …
One errors gravely in forgetting the fact that to Peter ALONE as the head of Christ new Covenant Catholic-Church, did JESUS / GOD entrust the very “keys to heavenly access.
With more than ONE BILLIONS Catholics scattered throughout the world, no doubt, there are some who WRONGLY do “worship” Mary or a Saint. BUT THAT IS AGAINST WHAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TEACHES, PRACTICES AND BELIEVES; if they are following the guidance of our Pope. IF they really are: 1. Informed 2. Humbly Obedient 3. Fully practicing Catholics.
While it is “correct” to claim that Catholic pray “to Mary and the saints“; it is FAR more correct to understand that what we really do is PRAY TO GOD THROUGH THEM, ASKING FOR THEIR PRAYERS TOO ON BEHALF OF OUR PETITIONS. God has granted to Peter and the Church authorities great powers. With great power comes EVEN GREATER RESPONSINILITES.
2 John 8-9 Anyone who is so “progressive” as not to remain in the teaching of the Christ does not have God; whoever remains in the teaching has the Father and the Son
Mark 4: 24-25 “And he said to them, "Take heed what you hear; the measure you give will be the measure you get, and still more will be given you. For to him who has will more be given; and from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away."
Friends, It is deeply distressing to be able to understand and comprehend God’s very evident desires for only One God, with His [actual] one set of Faith beliefs, and only one worldwide church organization. This is what God became Incarnate man to accomplish. What He Died for; died for and continues to live for in the Gift of Himself; Catholic holy Communion.
Acts.20: 28 “Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God [SINGULAR] which he obtained with the blood of his own Son.”
Eph. 4: 1-7 “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all lowliness and meekness, with patience, forbearing one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all, who is above all and through all and in all. But grace was given to each of us [ONLY] according to the measure of Christ's gift.
1Tim. 3: 15 “if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the [SINGULAR] household of God, which is the church [SINGULAR] of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth [SINGULAR]”
Luke 10:16 "He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me."
1 John 4: Little children, you are of God, and have overcome them; for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are of the world, therefore what they say is of the world, and the world listens to them. We are of God. Whoever knows God listens to us, and he who is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.”
I will share all of the key points and teachings of our friend Thomas, but only respond [and then briefly], to but a few of his thoughts. Then I will share what the Catholic Church [and therefore God Himself] teaches is absolutely necessary for ones personal salvation; fully supported by the bible, because this is what Christ Himself demands. It really is a “take it or leave it proposition.”
1. [A Direct quote] “We cannot merit salvation.. ‘cursed is he who does not abide by EVERYTHING [my emphasis] written in the book of the law‘ ” Gal.3:10 “God ask us to abide by “everything” NOT to be better than others. If my friends, this is actually understood and accepted; why then is it time after time disobeyed? Ignored? Or denied by the very ones making the proclamation?
Mark 1: 15 “and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel." [THIS MEANS THE ENTIRE BIBLE, NOT JUST CULLED QUOTES].
God says it is Christ who saves [we Catholics are in COMPLETE agreement with this statement]. Don’t allow yourself to be sidetracked either by people who think they can be saved by works [alone assumed here?] or by the Catholic Churches claim that they dispense salvation. [Jesus Himself in Person Gave the “key to Heavenly access to ONLY Peter and through Peter, to the CC… Matt. 16] The Church says the sacrament of Penance is necessary for salvation…[
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