Do Catholics Worship Statues?

Tim Staples' Blog ^ | November 30, 2013 | Tim Staples

[rwfromkansas]

I agree that this is not as much of an issue with the younger Catholics I know.

[avenir]

Better are those who have not seen, and yet believed.—Jesus

Why not just appreciate by faith God’s word on anything? I read that Barnabus was “a good man and full of the Holy Spirit” and there is a lift in my spirit. I want what was true of him to be true of me! This sends me to Jesus, not Barnabus. And yet there’s warm affection in my heart for Barnabus as a fellow believer. He was a man who loved!

Can’t wrap my mind around wanting to build a statue of him. Seems grotesque.

[Salvation]

**A Jesuit alter **

What kind of altar is that?

Alter-ego?

[Salvation]

I’ve been in a Jesuit retreat center and there are statues in the sanctuary. What are you basing this misinformation on?

[drypowder]

I am not a Catholic but was married to one. I attended Catholic Church serves with her and her family every Sunday. One thing I could never understand is why they sometimes prayed to the Virgin Marry. Reverence to the Mother of Jesus is fine but when I asked them why they pray to Her, they told me that is how they were raised in the Catholic religion. So much for the First Commandment.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Do people continue to focus on meaningless minutiae that can only divide otherwise united patriots in times of grave danger to the Republic?

Yes.

[Boogieman]

“Do you think they are showing reverence for the feet of the marble statue or the person who was St. Peter?”

Do you think Peter would want people to show reverence to him? Especially by making a pilgrimage to kiss a hunk of rock?

[Mad Dawg]

John of Damascus “On the Divine Images”

Nuff said.

[Jewbacca]

There’s plenty here already. No need to encourage anyone.

[rlmorel]

That is a different question. You did not answer my question.

[pgyanke]

One thing I could never understand is why they sometimes prayed to the Virgin Marry.

We believe in the Communion of Saints. We are one Church here on Earth (the Church Militant) united with the Kingdom of Heaven (the Church Triumphant). As such, we beseech the prayers of the saints just as we ask for each other's prayers here.

Note the words of the Hail Mary prayer. After greeting Her as She was greeted by the Angel Gabriel and acknowledging Her own words in her Magnificat we ask: "... pray for us sinners now and at the hour of death."

[rawcatslyentist]

God was trying to prevent us from becoming a modern John Frum airplane cult.

[rlmorel]

"...There’s plenty here already. No need to encourage anyone..."

You aren't kidding.

[AnAmericanMother]

Our local Jesuit-staffed church is chock full of statues of Jesus, Mary, Joseph, St. Ignatius, St. Francis Xavier, and a bunch of other saints - and the local Jesuit retreat center not only has bunches of statues, they sell 'em in the gift shop.

Where did you encounter these minimalist Jesuits?

[freedumb2003]

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Your point being...?

[freedumb2003]

>>God was trying to prevent us from becoming a modern John Frum airplane cult.<<

God understands the context within which we reside and how His Church operates.

[Boogieman]

Your question wasn’t directed at me. I just asked another of you that I thought was germane to the conversation.

[Tax-chick]

Yep, all the time. That cement Saint Francis in the flowerbed is a major sacrifice site. Neighbors are afraid to let their pets out.

[rawcatslyentist]

The Shepard knows his sheep.

It's not my place to inform him of what or whom he forgives.

[c-b 1]

Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

The author of the article quotes Exodus 20:4 then completely ignores the sin defined by the first four words of the verse.