The First Commandment & Worship

Q. What constitutes worship?
A. Adoration, prayer and sacrifice.
Q. Is bowing down an act of worship?

A. It can be. But Christian Europeans bowed and knelt before their kings and queens
and it was not considered worship but simply honor and respect. It is what is in the heart that determines the difference between an act of worship [...]

Mary Can’t Hear Your Prayers

NAV: Prayer is only to be directed to our God, who can listen and hear my prayer…
BFHU: Could you please support this with Scripture?
NAV: If we pray to Mary at the same time at different parts of this world do you think she could hear us?… only God could hear us all at the same [...]

Dead People Don’t Pray

Below is a comment from Praying to Saints is Wrong!
Comment: Praying to saints or Mary or anybody who is dead is wrong and quite frankly useless. Care to know why? Because they are dead and there is nothing that they can do for any of us.
Ecclesiastes 9:5-For the living know that they will die, but [...]

Can Anyone Suffer in Heaven?

Q. I’m greatly touched to believe that Mary and Jesus suffer with us in times of pain, but if Heaven is a place of peace and is without pain or sorrow, how can they suffer with us?

A. Hmmmmm… that is an interesting question. I never thought about those two things together.
Your comment made [...]

How Long Has Intercession of the Saints been in place?

Q. Does anyone know how long this Catholic practice has been in place and why it was instituted? To be honest, it seems to me that the information I have come across to support it is flimsy at best.
A. It has been around from the very earliest centuries of Christianity. This practice was taken for [...]

Jesus Did Not Ask the Saints to Pray For Him

 
Q. If Jesus, who is our ultimate example of how to live a holy life, NEVER asked a saint to pray for Him, why would we, as Christians, be encouraged to do so? In fact, no holy person of the Bible is mentioned to have done this?
A. This is true, however, I can’t think [...]

Why Do Catholics Have Statues and Pictures in their Churches?

That Catholic Show - Statues and Icons

Prayer to Saints is Wrong

Jerry: The body of Christ are to pray together or alone for each other but never to Mary or to the Saints who have gone to Heaven. Only to God the Father, the Son , and the Holy Spirit.
BFHU: Where does scripture forbid asking Mary and the Saints to intercede for us?
Jerry:
Romans [...]

Prayer to Saints

Q. Why do Catholics pray to Saints when they could pray directly to God?
A. I guess because from the beginning we were instructed to pray for one another as in
James 5:16:
Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man [...]

Hail Mary and Blessed Mary

In Celebration of the Feast of the Visitation
May 31st
I am reposting this:
Q. Why do Catholics call Mary “Blessed”?
A. We refer to Mary as the Blessed Virgin Mary in imitation of scripture.
Luke 1:41When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 In a loud [...]