“And still they deny that they worship Mary.”
Because we DON’T. Just because a Protestant falsely claims we do doesn’t make it so.
“They have eyes but they cannot see, and ears but they cannot hear.”
No, our eyes just see things as they are - in none of those sculptures is Mary portrayed as ON THE CROSS, OR NAILED TO THE CROSS, OR TIED TO THE CROSS. None of them. Thus, to say Mary is portrayed as “on the cross” is simply a lie - a typical, Protestant, anti-Catholic, and OBVIOUS lie.
Yesterday I spent an hour on the phone with a friend who is leaving behind Protestantism and his whole family is coming with him. As he has gone through RCIA he has become aware of the fact that he was sold a bill of goods by Protestantism that simply isn’t valid. He has become aware that the truth about history, scripture, and doctrines was hidden from him by Protestants.
**He has become aware that the truth about history, scripture, and doctrines was hidden from him by Protestants.**
I don’t know if he’s learning more truth by joining the RCC. But he’s certainly learning more man-made tradition. A LOT more.
Like bowing to statues, and praying to those asleep in Christ. Learning fables, such as Mary being sinless, and not having other children after the birth of Jesus.
You folks toss out more proofs of the scripture than Obama does of the Constitution. But y’all put on a real big show of pagentry.
That worked for a vain protestant friend of my wife over 30 yrs ago. She had no spiritual desire in her change of church, she was just so impressed by “the pagentry of it all”. No profound love of God. No changed life. Just a love of vanity, and she remains the same vain person to this day.
Ah...
...I see.
Bonaventure: …the gates of heaven will open to all who confide in the protection of Mary. Blessed are they who know thee, O Mother of God, for the knowledge of THEE is the high road to everlasting life, and the publication of thy virtues is the way of ETERNAL SALVATION . Give ear, O ye nations; and all you who desire heaven , serve, honor Mary, and certainly you will find ETERNAL LIFE.
Ephem: …devotion to the divine Mother…is the unlocking of the heavenly Jerusalem.
Blosius: To the, O Lady, are committed the KEYS and the treasures of the kingdom of Heaven.
Ambrose: …constantly pray ‘Open to us, O Mary, the gates of paradise, since thou hast its KEYS.
Fulgetius: …by Mary God descended from Heaven into the world, that by HER man might ascend from earth to Heaven.
Athanasius: …And, thou, O Lady, wast filled with grace, that thou mightiest be the way of our SALVATION and the means of ascent to the heavenly Kingdom.
Richard of Laurence: Mary, in fine, is the mistress of heaven; for there she commands as she wills, and ADMITS whom she wills.
Guerric: …he who serves Mary and for whom she intercedes, is as CERTAIN of heaven as if he were already there…and those who DO NOT serve Mary will NOT BE SAVED.
Anselm: It suffices, O Lady, that thou willest it, and our SALVATION is certain.
Antoninus: …souls protected by Mary, and on which she casts her eyes, are NECESSARILY JUSTIFIED AND SAVED.