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May 23 - Fr Dwight Longenecker: Do Catholics Pray to Mary?

Article: Roman Catholic Church And The Last Days

But there is more to it than that. An increasing number of Protestants are ready to be more open minded about this controversial topic. "I'm ready to honor Mary more than we usually do" said a Protestant friend, "but I'm not going to pray to her."

So do Catholics pray to Mary? There are a couple of questions wrapped together here. The first one is the definition of 'pray'. By the word "pray" Protestants usually mean "asking God for stuff". They ask God to heal the sick, comfort the dying and bereaved, strengthen and help the missionaries and help overcome evil.

Catholics have a much wider definition of prayer. By "prayer" we mean "asking God for stuff" but we also include meditation, contemplation, adoration and worship. For the Catholic prayer is the whole action of the church in relationship to God. Therefore "prayer" is a big concept which includes our relationship not only with God, but with one another. It is not just my action, but the action of the whole church-including not only the Christians alive today on earth, but also those alive with Christ in heaven. This means that we naturally pray with all the saints all the time. My prayer is caught up in their prayers. I am praying while "surrounded by a vast cloud of witnesses" as the Book of Hebrews says.
 

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