Do Catholics Worship Saints?

Tom Nash provides a clear and insightful response to the question of whether Catholics worship saints. He explains the distinction between worship and veneration, emphasizing that only God is worthy of worship, while veneration is a form of respect and honor given to saints for their relationship with Jesus Christ.

[dannisivoccia]

Those truly in Christ have received an inheritance, and that inheritance is the intercession of Jesus and of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8: 26-34). It is an inheritance given to the follower of Christ, without even asking!!!
Those who have a strong relationship with Jesus will never look elsewhere.

[southernlady]

Catholics only worship God! We love, honor and respect our Heavenly Mother and the Saints as God does.

[enderwiggen]

God created a family with his church and he asked for us to pray for each other, that no one in the church ever dies.

Before some are canonized as a saint one of the criteria of the church is to look for miraculous events related to the candidate as proof they are in heaven.

None of this process is to elevate that person above God or to worship them. It’s to ask those saints who were examples of what it is to be an imitator of Christ to intercede for us with the Lord. Such holy people are listened to in heaven as the apostles said and revelations stated

[toeknee]

Jim Harbaugh sure knows a lot about Catholicism

[thovenach]

Catholic here. Just got done worshipping Mary. Said no catholic ever.

[marteld]

We don’t and we don’t worship Mary and have explained that to Protestants with proof.

However, the majority of Protestants will regurgitate this argument over and over because then they would have to admit they are wrong. All pride.

[cbooth]

Catholics worship at least one saint, which is Mary. As the Catholic Encyclopedia says: "As the Blessed Virgin has a separate and absolutely supereminent rank among the saints, the worship paid to her is called hyperdulia."

So, what the Catholic Encyclopedia says about worshiping Mary contradicts what is said under the video frame which says: "He explains the distinction between worship and veneration, emphasizing that only God is worthy of worship."

According to Scripture, the only person who TRUE Christians should worship is the Father, who Jesus called "the only true God." (John 17:3) As Jesus said: "But the hour is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and truth; and indeed the Father seeks such people to worship him." (John 4:23)

Clearly, Catholics are not Christians.

[MegaKnight]

Given Catholics are monotheists (it's literally the First of the Ten Commandments), to worship anyone other than God, that disqualifies one as a monotheistic Catholic

[marosjerabek]

Did Jesus not command us to cast out demons and heal the sick in His name? Why did this gentleman just said that "it is not humanly possible" ... did he mean not possible without God? Or without being a Saint/priest?

[reinhardfuchs]

"Born of a woman" is all Paul has to say about mary. Dont follow missleading catholic religion.