Emmasonic4me:
My dear please keep ur mouth shut if u dont knw wht to say. The catholic doctrine of praying to Mary to intercede for us stemmed from the scripture when wine got exhausted during the wedding at Canan. Instead of going directly to Jesus for help, the celebrants chose to go through Mary who taking pity on them, promptly requested her son to salvage the situation. Of course her request was granted immediately...the rest was history.
Hence, THROUGH OUR MOTHER MARY, WE SUCCEED!!!

Cheks01: Catholics honour her cos God honoured her first. Imagine, among al women she was chosen 2 be d mother of our saviour. If u cn honour ur father n mother accordin 2 one of the ten commandments, shld u nt honour d mother of ur saviour? Wen u tlk of God's plan 4 salvation, Mary ws there; t ws thro her dt Jesus became man. She look after him 4 30yrs til He began His minisry. We believ dt d mother loves her son n d son loves d mother. Anything we ask thro her ll b granted 2 us. This does nt mean dt we always pray thro her. Most of our prayers r directed to God.

boy_tonero: If requesting my heavenly mother to pray for me is a sin, behold that you judge yourself next time you request your earthly pastor to pray for you.

Cajetan speaks: the bible was written by catholics, compiled and numbered accordingly by the catholic church yet some young dudes think that the know the bible more than the author of the bible.

naijadeyhia:


CORRECTION!

THE BIBLE CONTAINS THE WORDS OF GOD AND NOT OF MAN. THE SCRIPTURES CONTAINED IN THE BIBLE WERE DIVINELY INSPIRED. THE WORD OF GOD IS CHRIST HIMSELF SO THIS IS THE RIGHT ORDER

CHRIST (THE WORD OF GOD), THE CHURCH

obayaya:

if the church is the body of Christ and Mary is the mother of Christ, then it's correct to say Mary is the mother of the church

bukatyne:

Why don't you 'honour' the Father of Jesus?

Akson man: And to all u ignorant mugus that claim Mary had other children. In the bible at the cross just before he died,why did Jesus hand Mary over to John-"Woman,behold thy son, son behold thy mother" ?
Let's even go back to biblical accounts of when Jesus was 12yrs old and his parents went looking for him in the temple...did the bible make any mention of Mary carrying any other baby or toodler with her? Surely,if Jesus had direct brothers or sisters they would have been born by the time Jesus was 12yrs old?

xynerise:
Where in the bible did Mary die?

bukatyne:

Why don't you 'honour' the Father of Jesus?

bukatyne:

Do you mean Mary lived forever? Is Mary still alive till today?

bukatyne:

Jesus the son of Mary is not in the same capacity as Jesus Christ the Messiah.

People also begged the disciples to help them with Jesus. Why do not worship the disciples?

bukatyne:

Do you mean Mary lived forever? Is Mary still alive till today?

bukatyne:

Mary is NOT the mother of Christ, she is the mother of earthly Jesus.

bukatyne:

The Bible was written by Catholics? Was Moses, Ezekiel, Paul, Peter, James, Luke Catholics?

bukatyne:

Heavenly mother?

Odikwa very serious!

keeperr: It is an Honour for Mary to be that vessel in wish Jesus came into the world. She is the Mother of Jesus, the spouse of the Holy Ghost and the Daughter of God the Father. She is connected to the Holy trinity. Luke 1:28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, you that are highly favored, the Lord is with you: blessed are you among women. Luke 1:42 and she(Elisabeth)exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Mary is Honoured by God the father, so i honour her too.

mavinc4u:

were you one of the children? don't say what will bring your downfall rather ignore what you don't know

jamp:

She is the mother of God and elizebeth confessed that when filled with the Holy Spirit she said who am I that the mother of my Lord will visit me. Luke chapter 2

Ndjones: One thing I hate in my life is hypocrisy. Some people are saying why do the Catholics ask Mary to pray for them? But when they are sick they run to TBJ, Pst Chris to pray for them too. Who is fooling who?

bukatyne:

Are you comparing the expression 'mother of my Lord' to 'mother of God'? How can Mary be the mother of God? Mary was the mother of Jesus the man and not Jesus the second person in the trinity

Kaycee7: The Blessed Virgin has GOD'S ear. Can't she ask GOD to deliver us from evil?

Kaycee7: Don't you know the devil can prevent you from opening the Scriptures? That is why the Blessed Virgin is able to help us. She obtains Grace from GOD so that you can even open the Scriptures and She implores the Holy Spirit to help you understand it. For without the Holy Spirit, you'll wallow about in confusion.

bukatyne:

Are you comparing the expression 'mother of my Lord' to 'mother of God'? How can Mary be the mother of God? Mary was the mother of Jesus the man and not Jesus the second person in the trinity

gree-die:


lol... pagan madness? and you know this because?.. der u go, interpreting the bible according to your level of ignorance...

The Gospel of St. John relates two significant accounts which relate to Mary — the wedding feast of Cana and the Crucifixion. Of the first account we read:
“There was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, and the Mother of Jesus was there. And Jesus also was invited, and His disciples, to the marriage. And the wine failing, the Mother of Jesus said to Him, ‘They have no wine.’ And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what is it to Me and to thee? My hour is not yet come.’ His Mother said to the waiters, ‘Whatsoever He shall say to you, do ye’” (John 2:1-5).
Jesus Christ then proceeded to work His first public miracle at His Mother’s request. Everything related in the Gospels is inspired by God, and there is a reason for it. Does not this narrative of the wedding feast manifest the intercessory power of Mary with Jesus Christ, her Divine Son?
In the second account, also take from the Gospel of St. John, we read:
“There stood by the Cross of Jesus His Mother... When Jesus therefore had seen His Mother and the disciple standing whom He loved, He saith to His Mother: ‘Woman, behold thy son...’” (John 19:25-27).
Just as Eve cooperated with Adam in the Fall of mankind, the Blessed Virgin Mary cooperated with Jesus Christ in our redemption. She “stood by the Cross of Jesus.” What anguish, what sorrow did the Mother of Jesus experience at the foot of the Cross as she witnessed the sufferings and death of her Divine Son!
In both accounts, Jesus addressed Mary by the term woman. In Hebrew the word used by Jesus was a term which would be addressed to a queen or a woman of high rank. It was a term of great respect.
But why did Jesus Christ address His Mother by the term woman at these two significant moments in His life — at His first public miracle, and at His Crucifixion on the Cross?
Our Divine Lord wanted to clearly indicate that His Mother was the Woman spoken of in the Book of Genesis:
“I will put enmities between thee (Satan) and the Woman, between thy seed and her seed, and she shall crush thy head.”

catholics do not, as Protestants falsely believe, worship the Blessed Virgin Mary. We honor her who was so intimately connected with Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. Yes, there is only one Mediator with the Father — Jesus Christ. Only the God-Man Jesus Christ could have redeemed mankind. Nevertheless, we pray to Mary that she may intercede for us with her Divine Son. How often we request the assistance of prayers from our fellow men — how much more powerful are the prayers and intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary! In the Old Testament, we read how Moses prayed with arms outstretched and interceded with God to procure the victory of the Israelites over their enemies in a crucial battle. As long as he prayed, they were victorious. When he ceased his prayers, the Israelites began to lose. Because of this, it was necessary for two men to hold up Moses’ arms in prayer until the battle was won. Also, we read in the Old Testament how Josue prayed to God to have the day prolonged in order to win another crucial battle. If Moses and Josue could have such intercession before God, how much more powerful are the prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary!

Kaycee7: We give her due honor. We don't overdo it. Also you said "through Mary" which is our point exactly. So long as you're in Jesus, it doesn't matter where you came through.

bukatyne:

The Bible was written by Catholics? Was Moses, Ezekiel, Paul, Peter, James, Luke Catholics?

ktjohnpaul:

You Don't seem to get what St. Ola is saying,like any good Catholic he is following the chronology of our Salvation.
John 1:1-5, In the beginning was the Word... and the Word became flesh; Jesus Christ.

Christ died on the Cross and resurrected and overcame death, before his ascension into heaven, he instituted the Church upon Peter and gave him the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven, with the power to bind and loose anything, including the canon of written scripture, The Bible. Mathew 6:17-19.

So St. Ola was right after all; Jesus(the Word made flesh). The Church he founded . The Bible compiled by his Church.

naijadeyhia:


I SUPPOSE THAT IN LUKE 4 16 - 21 WHEN JESUS READ FROM THE BOOK OF ESAIAS (ISAIAH) YOUR SO CALLED PETER HAD BEEN CANONIZED. CONFUSION CONFUSION CONFUSION IS ALL YOU SEEM TO REPRESENT