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To: rwa265
Catholics are in a better position to know what they mean by their actions than those who observe those actions. If you want to know what we mean by our actions, ask us. But don’t tell us we are worshiping Mary when we know in our hearts that we are not worshiping Mary. You cannot possibly know.

I don't think so...Doesn't matter what's in your heart...You have been conditioned to worship Mary while calling it something else...

95 posted on 04/28/2016 3:05:44 AM PDT by Iscool
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To: Iscool

Doesn’t matter what’s in your heart...You have been conditioned to worship Mary while calling it something else...


Doesn’t matter what’s in your heart? Really?

The Lord told Samuel that He looketh at the heart.

But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7

I can only speak for myself. I have never been instructed to worship or adore Mary in the same way that I have been instructed to worship and adore God. It was always made clear that devotions to Mary where not on the same level as the worship and adoration that is due to God alone. Not once, not ever, was I ever told that I must worship Mary in any way, shape, or form.

These are some of the things that I had to commit to memory while growing up in the Catholic faith:

Q. Why did God make you?

A. God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him forever in the next.

Q. What must we do to save our souls?

A. To save our souls we must worship God by faith, hope, and charity; that is, we must believe in Him, hope in Him, and love Him with all our heart.

Q. Which are the Commandments that contain the whole law of God?

A. The Commandments which contain the whole law of God are these two:

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, with thy whole soul, with thy whole strength, and with thy whole mind;
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Q. What is prayer?

A. Prayer is the lifting up of our minds and hearts to God to adore Him, to thank Him for His benefits, to ask His forgiveness, and to beg of Him all the graces we need whether for soul or body.

Q. How does the first Commandment help us to keep the great Commandment of the love of God?

A. The first Commandment helps us to keep the great Commandment of the love of God because it commands us to adore God alone.

Q. How do we adore God?

A. We adore God by faith, hope, and charity, by prayer and sacrifice.


122 posted on 04/28/2016 4:07:19 AM PDT by rwa265
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