Mary Answers Our Prayers: (Bud Macfarlane and Family Prayer)

Marian Helper ^ | Spring 2003 | Bud Macfarlane

[Pyro7480]

Another gem of an article from Marian Helper magazine. :-)

[Pyro7480]

Ping!!! (I know, I know, I've been pinging you guys a lot lately, but I have found a lot of good articles lately, and I've been inspired too) :-) Enjoy! (Oh, if you want me to stop pinging you, just FReep mail me) :-P

[nickcarraway]

BUMP

[Codie]

Mary answers prayer?

[MudPuppy]

Bump for the MacFarlane's.

I'm a huge www.Catholicity.com fan and supporter!

[ShadowAce]

No, she doesn't

[LiteKeeper]

Protestant agreement!

[Pyro7480]

You're all forgetting the vital step. I'll explain it this way. You'd agree that Jesus is fully human and fully divine, yes? The Gospel says that He was born the Mary and Joseph, both devout Jews. Judaism teaches in the Ten Commandments to "honor your mother and father." Jesus was raised in this environment (even though He was God and already knew this law). Since He was without sin however, He was still obedient to them. Do you think that this suddenly ended when He entered into His kingdom? He didn't suddenly become just divine. He still honors His mother and foster father even in Heaven. Mary is the Queen Mother of all Christians, since she is the Mother of the King of Kings. She answers prayers in the sense that she "has the ear" of her Divine Son in Heaven. When Catholics and Orthodox Christians pray to Mary, we ask her to act as an intercessor, because "all ages will call her blessed" (Luke 1: 48). This is the duty of a mother of a king (the Queen Mother), to act as an advocate for the people that He rules. The question one should really ask is: Why do so many Christians dishonor the Mother of the Savior?

[Pyro7480]

The Protestants have taken over the thread! ;-)

[nickcarraway]

You've never asked someone to pary for you? And did they actually pray for you? Was it wrong of them to do so?

[Codie]

Yes, I realize that.As a Catholic,I've prayed the rosary many times.However, I've always understood it to be a contemplative prayer on the life of Christ.I used it to deepen my walk with God and Catholic faith,nothing more.

[nickcarraway]

On the third day there was a marriage at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; Jesus also was invited to the marriage, with his disciples. When the wine failed, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine." And Jesus said to her, "O woman, what have you to do with me? My hour has not yet come." His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you." Now six stone jars were standing there, for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim. He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the steward of the feast." So they took it. When the steward of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him, "Every man serves the good wine first; and when men have drunk freely, then the poor wine; but you have kept the good wine until now." This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed in him. (John:1-11)

[Codie]

Not when I prayed the Rosary.

[nickcarraway]

Looks like she does to me. At least, according to the Bible.

[nickcarraway]

His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever He tells you.

[firewalk]

bttt

[nickcarraway]

I'm not sure which question you were answering. But, as part of the cloud of witnesses, we can pray for one another. God does here our petitions. All well-intentioned prayer is beneficial.

[Invincibly Ignorant]

When I pray the rosery I say "Hail Mary full of grace help me find a parking place". Works like a charm. :-)

[Codie]

I understand God hears and answers our petitions,not Mary.Change the title to "Mary intercedes for us".

[nickcarraway]

I can see how the title could be misleading, but I know they didn't intend to imply Mary had powers indepent of God. Just like at the wedding at Cana.