Do Catholics have to pray to Mary?

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Again, the obsession with “requirements.” If one emphasizes over and over the point that one need only do the minimum (which, by the way, is written down nowhere)…well, that’s a pretty impoverished spiritual life.

The point, though, remains the issue of having a problem with praying to Mary. I don’t pray to St Joseph, but I don’t have a PROBLEM praying to St Joseph. This thread has revealed a definite attitude on some persons’ parts of having a problem with praying to Mary, and that is what is frankly not a Catholic position. Because we pray to Mary in the liturgy and not only in private devotion…and if we’re at the point of telling a priest, give me a different penance because I refuse to pray one of the most venerable prayers in Christendom…well…THAT is the real problem.
 
People please! This is getting out of control!
I hope God hears @Tis_Bearself prayers she said she would do for the people in this forum
 
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Having more faith in God doesn’t require praying to Mary one bit.

One really has nothing to donwith the other, but if thatvwau true for you I am glad, but because it was true for you doesn’t mean it is true for everyone or that everyone needs Mary to obtain more faith in God.
 
Well, it may be hard for a person to demonstrate love for Jesus on judgment day while also defending a personal lack of regard for His mother, who is the highest of all the saints and the Queen of the Angels. We should look to her as an example, and try to be like her. (Yeah, I really like that guy, but when his mother came in, I did not feel it necessary to talk to her or acknowledge her…) As our spiritual Mother, we do owe her honor under the fourth commandment. For an individual, it may not be a daily Rosary, but time should be spent on reflecting on what she did for humanity, as least as much time as folks are spending here saying we owe her nothing.
 
Once again, your opinion is duly noted and subsequently rejected.
 
Yet it’s not sound. You keep saying that we must, but the Catholic church says that we don’t have to.

This is not sound Catholic teaching, this is your need to what seems like micromanage people so that they do as you do. The thing is I don’t have to listen to one iotta of anything you have to see, especially when it’s just your opinion and not official church teaching or rule.

It’s encouraged, but not a hard fast rule.
 
You’re not just advocating a “requirement” issue…you’re saying you have an active problem praying to Mary. That is a problem.
 
No, what I have been saying is that there is no requirement to do so. Therefore I am making a choice not to, as I believe that praying to God and Jesus is enough and the church does allow me that choice without it being sin or without there being repercussions.

It’s you and others who are saying that we must, we must, but the church says it’s a choice you are allowed to make.
 
Again, if we’re at the point of refusing a certain penance, it’s evidence of a problem.

And yet again, the very liturgy includes prayers to Mary. This isn’t about requiring private devotions. It’s about the liturgy and the venerability of prayers that one should not in principle exclude or refuse.
 
Yet, I have been told that I am allowed to do so, by a church official. We are allowed to make that choice not to.

If you have a problem with that, take it up with Rome, not me. I am doing what I am allowed to do according to the church.
 
Again, your opinion is duly noted and rejected.

It is your opinion that it is a problem. The church allows me the choice.
 
The Church does not allow you the choice to exclude prayers to Mary in principle because you have some “problem” with them. Which would mean refusing even prayers that are in the liturgy.
 
Since it is not a requirement to say, I do not say it. I was told that I can pray to God only instead.
 
Your position goes far beyond exercising a choice not to engage in a private devotion. You are trying to assert that the Church allows people to have a problem with prayer to Mary. That view is frankly Protestant, not Catholic or Orthodox.
 
Actually, it does allow me that choice. I am given that choice according to my priest and I am going to believe him over some person on the internet.
 
Your priest…if your story is true…is doing you a tremendous disservice. Again, the very Confiteor of the Mass speaks against your position.
 
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