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GoodME -> RE: Praying to the Saints & Mary? (4/18/2005 6:44:42 PM)
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ORIGINAL: mike711 GoodME, Mike, O Mary bright dawn of the new world, Mother of the living, to you do we entrust the cause of life:You broke the composition here, I have underlined where this is headed - to help you out Look down, O Mother, upon the vast numbers of babies not allowed to be born, of the poor whose lives are made difficult, of men and women who are victims of brutal violence, of the elderly and the sick killed by indifference or out of misguided mercy. Grant that all who believe in your Son may proclaim the Gospel of life with honesty and love to the people of our time. Obtain for them the grace to accept that Gospel as a gift ever new, the joy of celebrating it with gratitude throughout their lives and the courage to bear witness to it resolutely, in order to build, together with all people of good will, the civilization of truth and love, to the praise and glory of God, the Creator and lover of life. Immaculate Heart of Mary, help us to conquer the menace of evil, (an appeal to example here, wouldn't you say? (heart of Mary - meaning emotion, attitude, feeling) which so easily takes root in the hearts of the people of today, and whose immeasurable effects already weigh down upon our modern world and seem to block the paths toward the future. From famine and war, deliver us. From nuclear war, from incalculable self destruction, from every kind of war, deliver us. From sins against human life from its very beginning, deliver us. From hatred and from the demeaning of the dignity of the children of God, deliver us. From readiness to trample on the commandments of God, deliver us. From the loss of awareness of good and evil, deliver us. From sins against the Holy Spirit, deliver us. Accept, O Mother of Christ, this cry laden with the sufferings of all individual human beings, laden with the sufferings of whole societies. Help us with the power of the Holy Spirit conquer all sin: individual sin and the "sin of the world," sin in all its manifestations. Let there be revealed once more in the history of the world the infinite saving power of the redemption: the power of the merciful love. May it put a stop to evil. May it transform consciences. May your Immaculate Heart reveal for all the light of hope. Amen. Mary, Mother of hope, accompany us on our journey! Teach us to proclaim the living God; help us to bear witness to Jesus, the one Savior; make us kindly towards our neighbors, welcoming to the needy, concerned for justice, impassioned builders of a more just world; intercede for us as we carry out our work in history, certain that the Father's plan will be fulfilled. Dawn of a new world, show yourself the Mother of hope and watch over us! Watch over the Church in Europe: may she be transparently open to the Gospel; may she be an authentic place of communion; may she carry out fully her mission of proclaiming, celebrating and serving the Gospel of hope for the peace and joy of all. Queen of Peace, Protect the men and women of the third millennium! Watch over all Christians: may they advance confidently on the path of unity, as a leaven of harmony for the continent. Watch over young people: the hope of the future, may they respond with generosity to the call of Jesus. Watch over the leaders of nations: may they be committed to building a common house which respects the dignity and rights of every person. Mary, give us Jesus! Grant that we may follow him and love him! He is the hope of the Church, of Europe and of all humanity! He lives with us, in our midst, in his Church! With you we say: "Come, Lord Jesus" (Rev 22:20). May the hope of glory which he has poured into our hearts bear fruits of justice and peace! Mary Prayers Sadly, Mike I can parse the words to make my point, as well, but its a long prayer. So - you are against worshipping and glorifying God by invoking the example of one of His Saints, that He so blessed and Graced to obey Him? Would you rather we took our example from someone who showed much less obedience and charity?Would you rather we follow a different recipe? How is this then not "law" and a "works-based" Faith (you don't object to worshipping God, you just don't like the "recipe" with which I choose to worship God, and you'd rather I just worship your way, because you are the vessel of Truth, and your "recipe" is better than mine). Is this what you are saying?
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