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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
"Are you saying you can completely ignore Mary? There’s no harm in ignoring the Rosary. Never say a “Hail Mary” and everything is hunky dory?"

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There is absolutely no requirement for Catholics to ever pray the Rosary, or to ever say a "Hail Mary".    Who told you there were such requirements for Catholics?    (If you want to know what Catholics really teach, read the "Catechism of the Catholic Church".)

(However, why would someone not want Mary (or any other saint) to pray for them?   I want as many people praying for me as possible, and it would seem senseless to me to not seek those prayers of the saints and others when there is a need.)

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"Suppose a man prays to Jesus for His salvation and dies unbaptized. Will he be immediatly in God’s presence?"

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Nothing is impossible with God.    Think about the so-called "good thief" on the cross.    As far as we know, there is no record of him having ever been baptized.    God uses ordinary means to do things, and sometimes uses extraordinary means to do things.    My belief is that we should learn and do whatever we can to determine and carry out what God wants us to do (to the best of our ability), but we should also always trust fully in God and His loving providence.

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1,420 posted on 10/13/2014 7:40:24 PM PDT by Heart-Rest ("Our hearts are restless, Lord, until they rest in Thee." - St. Augustine)
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To: Heart-Rest

I come across EWTN a few times a week. They always seem to be saying the rosary. Why do they do that if it is not important?


1,435 posted on 10/13/2014 8:36:52 PM PDT by MamaB
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To: Heart-Rest
Nothing is impossible with God. Think about the so-called “good thief” on the cross. As far as we know, there is no record of him having ever been baptized.

Another poster cited The Necessary Seven Sacraments.

So, the “good thief” was obviously a sinner. Was his faith in Christ and Jesus' sacrifice sufficient to get him straight into Heaven or did he need a some “therapeutic” Purgatory torture?

1,572 posted on 10/14/2014 4:40:15 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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