Praying to Mary

@dlr297 (5409)
United States
December 6, 2014 12:32pm CST
Why do Catholics pray to Mary...
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Just an Ordinary Owl?
@owlwings (43900)
• Cambridge, England
6 Dec 14
They believe that Mary will intercede for them with Jesus, since she is his mother.
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dlr297
@dlr297 (5409)
• United States
6 Dec 14
But the Holy Bible tells us that Jesus Christ is the only way...I just do not understand why they would be taught that. The Bible tells us to pray only to God...Jesus Christ is the only one that can save us.....
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
5 Nov 15
It is not biblical but they practice it just the same because they believe since Mary is the mother of Jesus, Jesus will listen to Mary's petitions. I don't subscribe to any practice that have no biblical basis though. I am a Christian and I only follow God's Word not doctrines created by men.
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Hazel Vee
@epiffanie (11325)
• Australia
15 Nov 15
Because that's what the church tell them to do..
Canadian Archer
@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)
• Canada
26 Nov 15
Owlwings got the closest answer-technically speaking, Mary isn't prayed to, but rather they ask her to pray for them. The idea is that believers are on this side of eternity, and hence she is alive in Christ-so asking a saint to pray for a person, in their eyes, is like asking a pastor or anyone else to pray for them. A person doesn't have to agree with that practice, but that is the theological understanding behind it. The views behind Mary having a special relationship with Christ are additional views, still present, but need to be viewed within that context.