[Heart-Rest]

"Now about the assumption of Mary... Let's try some easy math: There are approximately 1.2 billion Catholics world wide; If merely 1% of them 'ask' Mary for help just once each day; that means that 12 million separate prayers are headed Mary's direction every day. Given that there are 86,400 seconds per day... (24 hours times 60 minutes times 60 seconds) ...that means that Mary has to handle approximately 139 'requests' per second! Purty good fer someone NOT 'devine'!"

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First of all, do you have faith enough in God's power to believe that if God willed that Mary be able to hear all those prayers, God has enough power to enable her to hear them?

Now, I'll point you to a short video clip giving a quick answer to your sarcastic skepticism regarding God's power to enable His creatures to do extraordinary and even miraculous things, and urge you to obtain the expanded video they offer there (as well as listen to all the other videos at Catholic Answers youtube - "http://www.youtube.com/catholiccom", as they are quite instructive).

Here's the clip:

"Praying to Mary - A Biblical Defense"

[metmom]

Give us one Scripture verse that commands us to pray to Mary.

THAT would be a Biblical defense for praying to her.

[Elsie]

First of all, do you have faith enough in God's power to believe that if God willed that Mary be able to hear all those prayers, God has enough power to enable her to hear them?

Do you have enough brains to understand I do not go chasing these Catholic rabbits down the holes you keep trying to dig?

[daniel1212]

First of all, do you have faith enough in God's power to believe that if God willed that Mary be able to hear all those prayers, God has enough power to enable her to hear them?

You do not make doctrines based upon what God could do, which would be endless, and the Holy Spirit provides absolutely zero prayers by anyone (but pagans) addressed to anyone to Heaven but the Lord out the approx 200 in Scripture.

In addition, the ability to hear virtually endless incessant prayers addressed to them in Heaven is an attribute only God is shown having.

Nor is anyone crowned in Heaven until the Lord's return.

Thus based upon RC principle, it could be taught that Mary created new worlds, and engages in time travel.