[bannie]

I thought that Catholics prayed to Mary.

[Ann Archy]

We pray to Mary ALSO...to help us ask for favor from her SON at the same time we pray to her SON to DO the favor. Mary has no power to do anything except ask her SON for us.

We ADORE the TRINITY, we revere His Mother.

If after seeing this explained a thousand times, and one STILL says that Catholics ADORE Mary, then I consider them anti-Catholic bigots.....or stupid, ignorant hillbillies.

[oswegodeee]

Yup:

Hail Mary full of Grace the Lord is with Thee, etc. etc. On rosary beads. Born to a Jewish Mother but grew up Catholic because of my father's faith, but became a Baptist when I was 39, because I could not get real answers from the Catholic Church, also I was excommunicated because of a divorce..

Rules that were not in the Bible.. When I questioned our priest he would only say " It's in the faith". I could not believe that there was no answers to religious question other than it is in the faith. Sorry but the Bible to me is

Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth! B-I-B-L-E