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Mary–Virgin, Virtuous, not to be Vaulted above her position

I have posted over at my other blog (Four* Pointer) a message I gave a while back about the Virgin Mary. While she was a virtuous young woman, and one whose devotion to the Lord was admirable and one that should be imitated by all, she does not want–nor do I believe would she accept–the devotion that is given to her by Romanists. It’s kinda long, and I didn’t want to take up bandwidth here (what with five other posters).

Here is part of that post:

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Here are, from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, their official positions on Mary. The Catechism is like their rules—or dogmas—and they’re laid out in paragraphs. Paragraph 969—

This motherhood of Mary in the order of grace continues uninterruptedly from the consent which she…gave at the Annunciation and which she sustained without wavering beneath the cross, until the eternal fulfillment of all the elect. Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this saving office but by her manifold intercession continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation…Therefore the Blessed Virgin is invoked in the Church under the titles of Advocate, Helper, Benefactress, and Mediatrix.

In other words, Jesus isn’t doing a good enough job as our one Mediator between man and God. He needs His mother to help Him. Kinda makes ya wonder why Jesus said, in Matthew 6:9, “In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.” And not once does He mention invoking the name of Mary. Or any other saint, or even angels. I guess He just forgot. No, He didn’t forget. He didn’t mention it because we aren’t supposed to do it.

We are not to pray to the dead. We have one Mediator between man and God. If we think that praying to dead saints is going to help, then that means there is more than one Mediator, and God is a liar, because His word says there is only one. Well, what about bowing before statues of Jesus, or Mary? No. No. No.

  • Exodus 20:4—“You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them.”
  • Isaiah 44:9-11—Those who make an image, all of them are useless, and their precious things shall not profit; they are their own witnesses; they neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed. Who would form a god or mold an image that profits him nothing? Surely all his companions would be ashamed; and the workmen, they are mere men. Let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, they shall be ashamed together.

The Catholic will tell you, “Well, we don’t worship those statues. We use them to remind us of…” whatever. What part of “Thou shalt not bow down to them” don’t they understand?

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