Do Catholics Worship Mary? | Mike Gendron

[savedbygrace]

Isaiah 2:8
“Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:”

[letscarryit]

So grateful for these videos . As I been studying and have a lot of dialogues with some Catholic friends . Thanks again beloved brethren

[mariasilviacirelli]

What you say it's totally false. We Catholics don't worship Mary, and neither the Saints, we ask for their intercession to Jesus for us. Every prayer you can find is a request of intercession. We call Mary "advocate" because we ask her intercession for us (that is the role of an advocate). It's veri clear in the Catechism of the Catholic Church that what we ask is intercession to Jesus

[mary-xkdc]

God open the eyes of catholics this day!

[donho]

Wonderful videos. Thank you Mike Gendron for sharing your insight and helping us evangelize Catholics.

[johnflorio]

Simple answer: NO. We do not worship Mary.

[cynthiax]

The true gospel INCLUDES MARY and SHE brings Jesus to the human race. REV 5:8 tells us that the prayers of the saints are presented to JESUS the one mediator, so yes the saints, ediate with Jesus the one mediator. Protestants do their best to ignore these scriptures and try to remove her from the gospel, and constantly accuse us of doing things that we do not do. We catholics WORSHIP GOD and we HONOUR MARY and it is biblical to do so. LUKE 1:48 All generations will call her blessed. Protestantism comes from Martin Luther...not from Jesus

[cynthiax]

Catholics WORSHIP GOD and we HONOUR MARY as the mother of our Lord and it is biblical to do so LUKE 1:48 All generations will call her blessed. PROTEST-antism has nothing to do with Jesus. The protest faith was started by Martin Luther and exists onlyt to attack and oppose the catholic church, and that is a fact of history

[SnortyHogbottomx]

Why don't you stop pretending that you know the thoughts, intentions and motives of other people? According to Matt 7:2 the more you scrutinize others, the more severe your own judgement will be.

[roses]

So glad that I and none of my family are catholic!! Praise God!❤😊

[cosmickitty]

The word "venerate" is a word that has more than one meaning. Mige G just picks the definition that suits his agenda, which is slandering the catholic church.

[cosmickitty]

So, Mike G, If I honour your mother, will you be insulted because it "takes away honour that is due to YOU??? sounds a bit messed up if you ask me...

[cosmickitty]

👉👉There are SEVERAL meanings of the word "venerate" Mike G simply picked the one meaning that suits his agenda, which is the sin of slander, 👉👉and yes, salvation does come through Mary, because JESUS came to us THROUGH MARY, 👉👉and Jesus the one mediator, recieves the prayers of the saints that are offered to him according to REVELATION 5:8

[sherrywilliams]

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.

[SNS-fg]

Luther's preaching and writing about the Virgin Mother of the Word incarnate (Mary) WERE VERY CATHOLIC. Luther continued to see Mary as a primary means by which sinners may come to God. She points the way to God. ... Luther also could not help praising Mary's huge heart and ready acceptance of that grace, which was not at all ordinary: "Oh, how simple and pure a heart was hers, how strange a soul was this! What great things are hidden here under this lowly exterior!"

Perhaps this is the point on which Luther's reforms most benefited the CATHOLIC Church, both then and now. Then the Reformation's approach to Scripture found Luther's Marian piety and teaching TOO CATHOLIC. Yet a mysterious attraction to Marian teachings has begun to move some Protestants to overcome their fears to return to them, as many Protestants are increasingly willing to accept Catholic teaching about Mary that had previously been considered too troublesome. Lutheran, Anglican, and Evangelical theologians, in particular, have been meeting in ecumenical dialogue with their Catholic counterparts.

[techbuzzkill]

Imagine for a moment that Leonardo DaVinci is still alive. He resides in France and decides one day to go to the Louvre in Paris to see his own painting, the Mona Lisa.
When he gets there, Leonardo walks to the section of the Louvre that contains his painting, and he beholds a very long line.
Upon observing the line, he becomes very angry. He moves to the center of the room and, in loud Italian accompanied by a flurry of hand motions, he starts yelling at the people for admiring his painting. He tells them that appreciating his greatest creation is a distraction from what is truly important. He tells them that to appreciate beauty, they need only think of him.
Question: do you think Leonardo would get angry at people for admiring his art?
The obvious answer to the question is no. If, in your human imperfection, you can understand that people admiring the creation of the creator is not an insult to the creator, do you not think that God, in His divine perfection, understands that too? Of course, He does.
It is common sense that an artist would not be offended when people appreciate their art. In fact, a true artist would be joyful when people admire their art. They know that they sometimes create art to convey messages that point to transcendental truth, goodness, and beauty.
This is important to understand as we come to Mary, the Mother of God. Her veneration is a practice within the Catholic faith that is often very difficult for non-Catholic Christians to grasp.
Yet, if God is the ultimate artist, would admiring His greatest creation be an offense?

[TheProcinctu]

protestants will ask fellow heretics to pray for them, but they will not ask the Blessed Virgin, Christ's mother, to pray for them.

[paulmurray]

>Venerate" does NOT mean worship, regardless of what FA:SE ProPHET Mike Gendron says.

[Antonio.R.O.C.]

Is the Catholic Church Jesus’ original church?

The quotes provided below are historical facts in reference to our early church which existed prior to Romes adoption of Christianity in 313 A.D.

Church:

* "Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist, which is [administered] either by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.” [St. Ignatius of Antioch - Letter to the Smyrneans 8 (c. A.D. 110)]

Bishop, Priest & Deacon:

* “Since, then, I have had the privilege of seeing you, through Damas your most worthy bishop, and through your worthy presbyters Bassus and Apollonius, and through my fellow-servant the deacon Sotio, whose friendship may I ever enjoy, because he is subject to the bishop as to the grace of God, and to the presbytery as to the law of Jesus Christ [St. Ignatius of Antioch- Letter to the Magnesians 2 (c. A.D. 110)].

Eucharist:

* “Take note of those who hold heterodox opinions on the grace of Jesus Christ, which have come to us, and see how contrary their opinions are to the mind of God... They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ, Ash that suffered for our sins and that the Father, in his goodness, raised up again. They who deny the gift of God are perishing in their disputes.” [St. Ignatius of Antioch - Letter to the Smyrnaeans 6-7 (c. A.D. 110)].

Scripture:

* “[W]hoever perverts the sayings of the Lord for his own desires, and says that there is neither resurrection nor judgment, is the firstborn of Satan. Let us leave the foolishness and the false teaching of the crowd and turn back to the word that was delivered to us in the beginning.” [St. Polycrap of Smyrna - Letter to the Philippians 7 (c. A.D. 135)].

Sunday:

* “But Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because it is the first day on which God, having wrought a change in the darkness and matter, made the world; and Jesus Christ our Savior on the same day rose from the dead.” [St. Justin Martyr - First Apology 67 (c. A.D. 151)].

Actions/Works:

* “We have learned from the prophets, and we believe it is true, that punishments, and chastisements, and good rewards, are rendered according to the merit of each man's actions. If it is not so, then all things happen by fate, and nothing is in our own power. If it is fated that this man be good, and this other evil, the former is not meritorious nor the latter blameworthy [St. Justin Martyr - First Apology 43 (c. A.D. 151)].

Apostolic Succession:

* “It is within the power of all, in every church, who may wish to see the truth, to contemplate clearly the Tradition of the apostles manifested throughout the whole world; and we are in a position to reckon up those who were instituted bishops in the churches by the apostles, and [to demonstrate] the succession of these men to our own times; those who neither taught nor knew anything these [heretics] rave about.” [St. Irenaeus of Lyons - Against Heresies 3:3:1 (c. A.D. 189)]

Baptism:

* “The children shall be baptized first. All the children who can answer for themselves, let them answer. If there are any children who cannot answer for themselves, let their parents answer for them, or someone else from their family.” [St. Hippolytus of Rome - Apostolic Tradition 21 (c. A.D. 215)].

Confession:

* “After this, one of the bishops present, at the request of all, laying his hand on him who is ordained bishop, shall pray this way: O God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. pour forth the power that is from you, of "the princely Spirit' that you delivered to your beloved Child, Jesus Christ, and that he bestowed on your holy apostles, who established the Church that hallows you everywhere, for the endless glory and praise of your name. Father, "who knows the hearts [of all]” grant this servant, who you have chosen for the episcopate, to feed your holy flock and serve as your high priest blamelessly night and day, and unceasingly turn away wrath from your face and offer to you the gifts of the holy Church. And that by the high priestly Spirit he may have authority "to forgive sins" according to your command.” [St. Hippolytus of Rome - Apostolic Tradition 2-3 (c. A.D. 215)].

Confirmation:

* “The bishop will then lay his hand upon them, invoking, "Lord God, you who have made these worthy of the removal of sins through the bath of regeneration, make them worthy to be filled with your Holy Spirit, grant to them your grace, that they might serve you according to your will, for to you is the glory, Father and Son with the Holy Spirit, in the holy Church, now and throughout the ages of the ages. Amen." After this he pours the oil into his hand, and laying his hand on each of their heads, says, "I anoint you with holy oil in God the Father Almighty, and Christ Jesus, and the Holy Spirit." Then, after sealing each of them on the forehead, he shall give them the kiss of peace and say, "The Lord be with you." And the one who has been baptized shall say, "And with your spirit." So shall he do to each one [St. Hippolytus of Rome - Apostolic Tradition 21-22 (c. A.D. 215).

Peter’s Authority:

* “The Lord says to Peter: "I say to you, ' he says, “that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell will not overcome it. And to you I will give the keys of the kingdom of heaven. [Mt 16:18-19]. On him he builds the Church, and commands him to feed the sheep [Jn 21:17], and although he assigns a like power to all the apostles, yet he founded a single chair [cathedra], and he established by his own authority a source and an intrinsic reason for that unity. Indeed the others were also what Peter was [apostles], but a primacy is given to Peter, by which it is made clear that there is one Church and one chair.... If someone does not hold fast to this unity of Peter, can he think that he holds the faith? If he deserts the chair of Peter upon whom the Church was built, can he be confident that he is in the Church?.” [St. Cyprian of Carthage - Unity of the Catholic Church 4; first edition (Treatise 1:4) (A.D. 251)].

These few topics (but a glimpse) were not only discussed but settled BEFORE Rome adopted Christianity (The Catholic Church) and eventually became The Roman Catholic Church as it also adopted its name after 313 A.D.

Is the Catholic Church Jesus’ original church? Yes!

Does this excuse all its mistakes and sins from the record? Of course not! As Christians, we are called to hold the church accountable, not leave it and let evil flourish within it.

This refusal of accountability within every Christian has led to over 40, 000 diferente Christian denominations and the ignorance which has flourished from it.

“This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ. Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.” Ephesians‬ ‭4:13-15‬

We are called by God to unite! What better church to do it under than the one he started.

[quantumv]

Venerate = worship??? Such a nonsensical statement that a supposed educated man would say this. It must mean he venerates nothing in his life and worse doesn't even know the difference. Anti-Catholicism at it's best. Shame on this guy and I hope no one believes him. What if I say he worships his bible-not the content but the actual bound book he likes to be seen with. It's called bibliolatry which is the worship of a book, idolatrous homage to a book, or the deifying of a book. Following his example I would say he is an idolater even though he vehemently denies it. He probably worships the book as much as Catholics worship Mary in reality . Wonder how he likes someone telling him that he really believes yet denies something so outrageously wrong over and over and over and over? Maybe like he does if you say it often enough people will believe it. Ridiculous!!