I have noticed that many people are misonformed about the Catholic faith's honor of Mary. Some other Christian denominations think we worship her, like we worship Jesus. That is not the case. Jesus is our one and only God, and yes, we worship Him. As for Mary, we believe that she is a VERY important person. We honor her. She is absolutely amazing. She has given me so many graces.
Our Blessed Mother is one of my reasons why I'm so proud to be a Catholic. We acknowledge Mary so fully, unlike many other Christian religions. Why pray to and honor Mary? She is the only human being who ever lived without sin. Jeses never sinned. Likewise, never did the Virgin Mary. Also, God chose her to be the mother of His son. What a huge affirmation of Mary. He chose Mary to deliver the Lord, Jesus Christ. So how can any Christian not honor her?
Mary is a great intercession for our prayers. When God wanted to put Jesus on earth, He put Him here through Mary. Likewise, when we pray, prayers to Mary can make it to Jesus. Yet, He hears all of our prayers anyway, but she has great intercession. Here's an analogy I heard from a nun: There's a king who takes apples as taxes from the citizens in his land. A poor man comes with just one apple since that's all he can afford. So the queen takes the apple to serve it for the king. Before she passes it onto the kind she cuts it up and finds a worm in the apple. She then discards the worm and gives the clean apple to the king. This is the same type of connection between Mary and Jesus. When we pray to Mary, she cleans up our prayers, and makes them perfect, before she sends them on to Jesus.
On March 8, 1989 Mary said to a visionary, "Loving me doesn't detract from loving My Son, it adds to the beauty of your soul."
There is a book called All Through Mary which is a compilation of things that the Blessed Mother said to a visionary throughout 1989. This is the only book that Mary has ever acknowledged herself. Regarding the book, Mary has said, "I promise to take at the hour of death with My Angels that soul who, with love and devotion, reads this diary and honors my image and scapular and especially takes into their heart my message of June 16th, 1989." "Pray for poor Sinners."
Another thing: the Miraculous Medal. This is Mary's medal. Those who wear it around their necks are protected by Mary herself. Also, her scapula. Those who wear it will get their last rites before they die, so that they can make it to Heaven. I am so proud to be a Catholic and have the opportunity to honor my blessed mother, Mary. I just hope more people can come to find and honor her.
We have so many beautiful prayers to Mary:
Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee
Hail Holy Queen: Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy. Our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To you do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To you do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us. And after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus. Oh clement, oh loving, oh sweet Virgin Mary, pray for us, oh holy mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Hail Mary: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou, among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen.
Another one of Mary's gifts: The Rosary. We Catholics are so fortunate to pray the rosary. So much can be accomplished through it. The Rosary is such a magnificent prayer to our mother. And with it, all things are possible.
I know that Mary hears me. With the book I mentioned before, you simply say a prayer to Mary, open the book, and read her message for you. And it is dead on every time. This morning I was upset about family problems and whatnot, so I opened the book and it said, "All will be well," along with a paragraph which further calmed me. Just now as I was typing this post I prayed to Mary to make sure that this post was okay to be typing and that I did her justice with it. When I opened the book, it said, "...Only throught the Rosary will you make me happy and keep Satan from the door of your heart. I am always thinking of new ways to show you that My love is real and that I do let you hear and write down My messages of mercy..."
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