The Worship of Mary? (An Observation)

[raygun]

Let all the Catholic children of the Catholic Church who are so very dear to us, hear these words of ours, hear these words of gion & love, let them continue to venerate, invoke & pray to the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, conceieved withthout original sin. Let them fly wit utter confidence t9o this most sweet Mother of mercy and grace in all dangers, difficulties, doubts, and fears. Under her patr0onage, under her kindness & protection nothing is to be feared; nothing is hopeless. Because, while bearing toward us a truly motherly affection and having her care the work of out salvation, she is solicitous of the entire human race. And since she has been appointed by God to be the Queen of heaven and earth, and and is exalted above all the choirs of angels and saints, and evem stands at the right hand of her only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, she presents our petitions in a most efficacious manner. What she asks she obtains.

"it must be the settled purpose of your heart to will nothing, design nothing, do nothing, but so far as there is reason to believe that it is the will of God. It is as great rebellion against God to think that your will may ever rightly differ from His as it could be to boast in His universe that you have not recieved the power of willing from Him...To think that you are your own, or at your own disposal, is as absurd as to think that you created yourself." - William Law (The Power of the Spirit, pg 20).

[Mad Dawg]

There WAS such a sentence! You have to look really carefully to see it, but it was on the line between "...so." and "Sufficient".

I fact, on second thought, I can't understand how you missed it! It was in really big letters! And every word less than one syllable.

Hey, I know. I'll quote it here, in italics:

Okay? Can you see it now? Did the italics make it easier to see or harder?

(tsk, tsk. I probably know as much about Zen as anyone on this thread, and you guys come at me with "words of less than one syllable," as though that were a challenge! Most of us here get in trouble with words of one syllable or more. If we stuck with words of less than one syllable, this would be a far more charitable thread. Jeesh.)

[Marysecretary]

I pray continually that the alcoholism of my first husband doesn’t get passed down to my children and grandchildren. It was devastating to our family and I never want to see any other members go through what he did and what we did because of it.

[Marysecretary]

Are we that stupid? LOL?

[Marysecretary]

I lived with my in-laws for 12 years. That we stayed friends is a miracle. It wasn’t so nice during those 12 years but she was my mom at my second marriage and loved my husband, as he did her. She was my ‘other mother’ as she wanted to be called. My children were very close to her as we lived there much of their growing up years. MIL’s don’t have to be contentious. I try not to be but of course some times you see things that you wish you didn’t! Hard to stay quiet sometimes but I do. I pray a lot...

[Marysecretary]

He’s not a faith healer in the usual sense. He tries to get people to see how unforgiveness, fear, self-hatred, and the like cause illness, and when we repent of it, how we can be healed of those diseases. It seems to work much of the time.

[MarkBsnr]

***&, %, (), @

( sorry, couldn’t resist)***

Trying to resist myself. :)

[MarkBsnr]

***(tsk, tsk. I probably know as much about Zen as anyone on this thread, and you guys come at me with “words of less than one syllable,” as though that were a challenge! Most of us here get in trouble with words of one syllable or more. If we stuck with words of less than one syllable, this would be a far more charitable thread. Jeesh.)***

I bow to the master. I was hoping that SOMEBODY would get it.

[Quix]

There is that, alright.

LOL.

[Quix]

Sadly

[Mad Dawg]

Um

No comment.

ROFL.

[Mad Dawg]

And not only more charitable, but a whole lot shorter too ....

[Quix]

LOL.

Quite so.
Quite so.

[Quix]

Sometimes, folks are wise to

SIGNAL ME

in red neon lights.

[OLD REGGIE]

We are instructed to pray. Why? It makes no sense. But orders is orders. So we pray. Maybe, somehow our prayers are useful to God, not what He needs, but what He likes to use.

Yes, you are instructed to pray. Where are you instructed to pray to any but the Father or Holy Spirit?

[Quix]

Didn’t you mean . . . Father, Son, Spirit?

Or were you emphasizing that even Scripture doesn’t explicitly state praying even to Intercessor Son?

[Mad Dawg]

Have you read The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis?

In the final, apocalyptic struggle, the dwarves fire on both sides.

Later when they find themselves in Paradise, they are resolved not to believe it and, trapped in their cynicism, find that what to others are rich food and wine are to them like stable refuse.

[OLD REGGIE]

Nope. Are you?

Nope, first generation. My folks were legal immigrants.

Do you believe we should have completely open borders? No restrictions? Just come on in?

While I agree we should offer necessary food and shelter to all in need, including the illegals, I also believe they should be sent back.

"Immigrants are immigrants". Sure, but not all the same.

[OLD REGGIE]

I’ve only been here for 17 years and I will classify myself in the upper range for linguistic ability in English. No discernable accent (for the MidWest anyway)

La te da! Now go ote and get aboat your business. :)

My folks came from Newfoundland in the early 1900's and the ones still with us still drop their "H"'s and add them where not appropriate. "Did you ear about poor old Enry? E's gone to the other side e as. Hit was an accident you know. E was fishig for Addock and fell into the hocean."

I find it difficult to dumb down posts for specific consumption to words of one syllable or less, however, I try when the occasion demands it.

Umor this hold guy. Convert the above sentence.

[OLD REGGIE]

Didn’t you mean . . . Father, Son, Spirit?

Or were you emphasizing that even Scripture doesn’t explicitly state praying even to Intercessor Son?

I meant what I said.