That's according to your opinion. There is no evidence that says she can or can't.

For the record.. I am not Catholic and I do not pray to Mary. I actually disagree with a lot of what the Catholic faith teaches/doesn't teach. But I do not believe praying to Mary is a sin. Many other things Catholics do can be qualified as sin.. praying to Mary is not. At least in my opinion. But of course that is the freedom we have. If I were to pray to Mary, I would be free of my conscience. If you were to pray to Mary, you would be sinning since you are convicted of it.

But I am convicted on many other things that are not "wrong" according to the bible. For example, I am 100% against the consumption of alcohol. Since I feel that way, it would be a sin for me to drink. Not even drinking to the point of being drunk.. simply drinking. But that is a burden I have placed on myself and have to live with.

I just got a revelation.

Prayer is a conversation or asking of from a spirit or spiritual power above. That means your praying to Mary if your asking of her.

And no man cometh to the father but through the son.

Then that means Jesus was praying to Elijah and Moses.



That is in regards to salvation, not prayer.

This post was edited by Dune1 on Jul 10 2012 09:08pm

Ah now we're getting somewhere.

So what exactly is prayer?
Earlier everyone was saying that it was a simple conversation or asking. So what is it now?

This post was edited by Rushton on Jul 10 2012 09:12pm

Prayer is conversation, petitions, and praise.

To only God though, correct?

I'm sure it's already been addressed, but here is the foundation of my theology of prayer:

Matthew 6:

5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

9 “This, then, is how you should pray:

“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,[a]
but deliver us from the evil one.[b]’
14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.



Jesus does not instruct us to pray to his mother. He instructs us to pray to the father. Mary is not God and Mary cannot answer our prayers. Mary's name is not hallowed (Maybe to some it is.) The Kingdom is not Mary's. We don't ask for Mary's will to be done. Mary doesn't give us our daily bread. Mary doesn't forgive us. Mary doesn't deliver us from the evil one.

Follow Jesus' example. Pray to our father.

This post was edited by Diligence on Jul 11 2012 07:30am

It is ok to pray Mary. the 2000 years of Catholic tradition proved it with tons of testimonials. Altough Jesus didnt directly invite people to pray his mom, he still offer herto the humanity though John the Apostle when he was dying on the cross.
Praying the Rosary is a great christian, catholic prayer.

This post was edited by nekrotic on Jul 11 2012 11:12am

Simply, I think praying for Mary and giving Her thanks is widely considered appropriate.

You just have to bear in mind that She is not the Father, nor does She represent Him.

So the act of praying TO Mary would be inappropriate.

This post was edited by piddywiffle on Jul 11 2012 12:16pm

Indeed she's not the Father but the Mother