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I pray the Pater Noster. There’s six of them in the rosaries I pray. What’s your problem?

The overwhelming emphasis on prayer in the Rosary is to Mary which is not Scriptural. Prayer is to be directed to the Creator...not the created.

1, Make the sign of the Cross and say the Apostles Creed

2. Say the Our Father

3. Say THREE Hail Marys

4. Say the Glory be to the Father

5. Announce the First Mystery, then say the Our Father

6. Say TEN Hail Marys

7. Say the Glory be to the Father

8. Announce the Second Mystery, then say the Our Father. Repeat 6 and 7 and continue with the Third, Fourth and Fifth Mysteries.

Then after all of that, there is another prayer to Mary who is called the Holy Queen. http://www.rosary-center.org/howto.htm

This means there are at least 54 prayers to Mary compared to 7 "Our Fathers".

Are you wearing a Miraculous Medal and possibly the Green or Brown Scapular as you say these "prayers".

Are you a member of the Confraternity?

For Mary to be able to handle all of the prayer requests of the Roman Catholic she has to have the abilities approximating those of the Holy Spirit.

We know the Holy Spirit searches the heart of the believer and is praying for us in ways we cannot understand (Rms 8:26-27). No where in Scripture is this ability ever accorded to the created.

The Roman Catholic seems to be making the same claim for Mary...thus equating her with the Spirit.

Through the Hail Mary, the Scapular, the Medal, the Confraternity, the Roman Catholic is saying they're trusting in Mary more than the Father to help/save them.

What you've got here is a little truth mixed in with a whole bunch of false doctrine.

It's very similar to what Israel was doing when they incorporated Baal into their worship of God.

I ask you, ebbtide....would you place your faith in Christ and only Christ for your salvation as Paul wrote in Romans?

8But what does it say? “THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,

9that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;

10for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.

11For the Scripture says, “WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.” Romans 10:8-11 NASB