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Third Marian Strike for Benedict XVI
Proceeding backward in time (from part 1 and part 2), we come now to a third instance of Mariolatry in Benedict XVI’s visit to Cuba. According to the Vatican Information System, in an address on March 26, 2012, Benedict XVI stated: … since the beginning she has been very much present in the personal lives…
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More Marian Madness from Benedict XVI
Again, according to the Vatican Information Service (VIS), on March 27, 2012, Benedict XVI gave an address at the “Shrine of ‘Nuestra Senora de la Caridad del Cobre’,” (Our Lady of Charity of Cobre) (the idol I mentioned in my previous post). In that address he stated: Let all those you meet know, whether near or…
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(Real ?) Presence of Mary – So Saith Benedict XVI
As reported by the Vatican Information Service, on March 28, 2012, in a farewell address in Cuba, Benedict XVI stated: As I bid you a heartfelt adios, I ask our Lady of Charity of El Cobre to protect all Cubans under her mantle, to sustain them in the midst of their trials and to obtain…
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How Many Mediators?
The Vatican Information Service reports (3 February 2012), referring to Benedict XVI: In conclusion he quoted some words of Blessed John Paul II, calling on the Virgin Mary to intercede with the Lord, so that “all who have received the gift of following Him in consecrated life may be enabled to bear witness to that…
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Whom Should We Invoke? How do we Get Spiritual Water?
As reported today (30 January 2012) by the Vatican Information Service, Benedict XVI is reported yesterday to have stated: Let us trustingly invoke Most Holy Mary that she may guide our hearts always to draw from the well of divine mercy, which liberates and heals our human condition, filling it with all grace and benevolence,…
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To Whom Should we Entrust Baptized Infants?
I realize a lot of my friends who read my blog are baptists. For the sake of discussion, assume with me that infants of believers are to be baptized. Benedict XVI recently baptized XVI babies in the Sistine chapel. Vatican Information Service (VIS) reports (January 9, 2012) that: The Pope concluded by entrusting the newly…
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Why Pray to Anyone Else?
God declares: Hosea 13:4 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me. Mary declares: Luke 1:47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. The angel declares: Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this…
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Jesus Obeyed the Fifth Commandment – Therefore Mariolatry is ok?
Jesus explicitly repudiated people who singled out his mother for special attention. For example: Luke 11:27-28And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he…
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Quick Reply to "Mary is Jesus’ Mother, So He’ll Listen to her"
There’s a rather popular Roman Catholic argument that goes something like this: “Mary is Jesus’ mother. Jesus never sinned. The Fifth (fourth for RCs) Commandment is ‘Honor thy father and thy mother.’ Therefore, if Mary asks Jesus to do something for her, He’ll do it out of obedience to his mother.” But consider this: the…
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>In Whom Do You Trust? Through Whom Does your Salvation Come?
>Christians are those who follow Christ, who have faith in Christ for salvation. They ascribe to him power and glory, which they do not ascribe to any creature. They have one mediator, as it is written: 1 Timothy 2:5-6For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; who…