Feeling 'Protestant' after Divine Mercy Chaplet

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I’ll cut to the chase: it seems like every time I have a “Jesus moment” either with the Divine Mercy Chaplet, that one time with the Eucharistic Jesus, etc; that I then feel like I should be directing everything to Jesus and not exalt the Blessed Mother or even say a Hail Mary. I just feel… Almost Protestant in my conviction. Any advice?
 
=Zeldarocks;8938695]I’ll cut to the chase: it seems like every time I have a “Jesus moment” either with the Divine Mercy Chaplet, that one time with the Eucharistic Jesus, etc; that I then feel like I should be directing everything to Jesus and not exalt the Blessed Mother or even say a Hail Mary. I just feel… Almost Protestant in my conviction. Any advice?
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Satan LUST for everyone who loves God.

Piety is a personal responce to God; it can be accomplised many different way’s.

Mary was “good enough for God”🙂 … She ought to good enough for us too.👍

Just praying to one OR the other is Good. BUT praying to BOTH is VERY GOOD.

Know that Satan is behind what your experiencing.:o

Even if it’s just 'I Love you Mother" each day, keep doing what your doing but add this sim-ple prayer to you’re routine.

KEEP PRAYING!

God Bless,
Pat
 
It is not the case of either/or. Mary doesn’t take away what is due to Jesus, she takes us closer to him. You don’t have to pray for her intercession and can only pray to him. But she is a great help 🙂
 
I understand that it is not supposed to be an either/or; what I don’t understand is why I feel the way I feel about it; I truly feel conflicted on it: I feel Jesus telling me one thing, but the Church tells me another…
 
Zeldarocks said:
I understand that it is not supposed to be an either/or; what I don’t understand is why I feel the way I feel about it; I truly feel conflicted on it: I feel Jesus telling me one thing, but the Church tells me another…
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The Church doesn’t tell you you HAVE to pray to Mary.

There’s nothing wrong with seeking Jesus alone. There is nothing wrong with asking Mary to pray for us either.

Personally I am drawn more towards the Divine Mercy Chaplet then the Rosary. I am drawn more towards praying to Jesus alone, rather then asking the saints or Mary to pray for me. This doesn’t make me less Catholic, nor does the Church condemn such behavior.

Think of Mary and the saints as part of our extended family. We can choose to seek them if we wish but even if we don’t they’re still there. 🙂

In the end I’d listen to your heart and focus on Jesus. Maybe later you’ll feel the need to ask Mother for guidance but for now direct your prayers to our Christ and don’t worry so much about why that’s more comfortable.

Perhaps you’re just a daddy’s girl/boy. 😉 That’s what I jokingly call myself. Sorry Mother Mary but I prefer to go to Daddy directly. Hee.
 
nickybr38 said:
The Church doesn’t tell you you HAVE to pray to Mary.

There’s nothing wrong with seeking Jesus alone. There is nothing wrong with asking Mary to pray for us either.

Personally I am drawn more towards the Divine Mercy Chaplet then the Rosary. I am drawn more towards praying to Jesus alone, rather then asking the saints or Mary to pray for me. This doesn’t make me less Catholic, nor does the Church condemn such behavior.

Think of Mary and the saints as part of our extended family. We can choose to seek them if we wish but even if we don’t they’re still there. 🙂

In the end I’d listen to your heart and focus on Jesus. Maybe later you’ll feel the need to ask Mother for guidance but for now direct your prayers to our Christ and don’t worry so much about why that’s more comfortable.

Perhaps you’re just a daddy’s girl/boy. 😉 That’s what I jokingly call myself. Sorry Mother Mary but I prefer to go to Daddy directly. Hee.
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Also now that I think about it, Mary’s role is solely to lead us to a more perfect union with Her Son; if we already have that union, of course we will be encouraged by them both to seek Christ alone… Right?
 
Zeldarocks said:
Also now that I think about it, Mary’s role is solely to lead us to a more perfect union with Her Son; if we already have that union, of course we will be encouraged by them both to seek Christ alone… Right?
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I wonder if you are overthinking this. Besides, how do we know that we are truly in perfect union?

I suggest you relax and pray for a deeper understanding of these issues. What you are feeling is not at all uncommon.
 
nickybr38 said:
The Church doesn’t tell you you HAVE to pray to Mary.

There’s nothing wrong with seeking Jesus alone. There is nothing wrong with asking Mary to pray for us either.

Personally I am drawn more towards the Divine Mercy Chaplet then the Rosary. I am drawn more towards praying to Jesus alone, rather then asking the saints or Mary to pray for me. This doesn’t make me less Catholic, nor does the Church condemn such behavior.

Think of Mary and the saints as part of our extended family. We can choose to seek them if we wish but even if we don’t they’re still there. 🙂

In the end I’d listen to your heart and focus on Jesus. Maybe later you’ll feel the need to ask Mother for guidance but for now direct your prayers to our Christ and don’t worry so much about why that’s more comfortable.

Perhaps you’re just a daddy’s girl/boy. 😉 That’s what I jokingly call myself. Sorry Mother Mary but I prefer to go to Daddy directly. Hee.
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That feeling is common. There are many devotions that are non-Marian.
There’s the Jesus prayer of the Eastern Catholics, Trisagion, there are also other types of Rosary’s… there’s one called the Jesus Prayer Rosary and also an Ecumenical Rosary that I’ve prayed before. There’s also the Our Father which I’ve seen done in a rosary format as well.
 
All I can say is, because of my own experiences in praying the Rosary and asking Mother Mary for guidance, I feel closer to Her son than ever before.

I think this is what’s happening to you. Just thank her, and thank our dear Jesus for the closer unions you’re experiencing with Him. I’d think Mary is smiling on you, and thinking “Well done, dear. Remember, I am always here to help point you to my Son.”

Edit: And such gratitude will help you dwell on prayers like the Hail Mary in relaxation, love and trust. Everything leads to our Lord, but it is still nice to honor and love Mary in such ways for her intercession.
 
I know you do not want to feel this way about prayer, and that you most certainly want to do what’s right, so don’t take these quotes the wrong way, i know you know it’s good to pray to Mary, but i am posting them in the hopes of inspiring you and to help you better to understand why we pray to Mary…

‘When we have handled something fragrant, our hands perfume whatever they touch, let our prayers pass through the Blessed Virgin’s hands, and she will give them fragrance.’
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars

‘Woe to him who neglects to recommend himself to Mary, and thus closes the channel of grace!’
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

‘I have no better way of knowing if a man is for God than if he likes to say the Hail Mary and the Rosary.’ St. Louis Marie de Montfort

*‘Such is the compassion, such the love which Mary bears us, that she is never tired of praying for us.’ *St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

i can’t say i understand why you feel this way, but i can say for certain that Jesus would not inspire you to not pray to His mother, He knows better than anyone what a great help to us she is, and when we ask for her intersession, He cannot refuse…unless of course what we ask is bad in some way, then Our Lady would not even ask…but that’s besides the point,
the feeling of wanting to give yourself to God alone is a good thing, but to want to distance yourself from Our Lady and the saints goes against what God says about being in communion with the saints, He wants us to venerate them and ask them to intercede for us, because they are all His closest friends who reflect His perfections so well, whereas we are sinners and need someone to speak on our behalf(Jesus to the Father, Mary and the saints to Jesus)
not to say that speaking with Jesus directly is wrong, not at all, we can speak with all 3 persons of the Holy Trinity, but what i mean to say is, when praying for favors, either spiritual or temporal, it is only to our greater benefit that we seek the intercession of Our Lady and the angels and saints.

so in light of all that, would Jesus really inspire such a feeling, which would rob you of greater help and more graces in the spiritual life? before Our Lady was born, God sent angels down to convey His messages, but after Our Lady was assumed into heaven, He has sent her countless times to convey His messages to humanity, and likewise humanity calls on her speak to God on our behalf.

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hope this helps, take care.
 
There is nothing non-Catholic about seeking Jesus.

Frankly it is the Protestants who deny Mary, the Saints, etc.

If you want to exclusively seek Jesus, that is not non-Catholic.

Divine Mercy definitely makes one realize the infinite price Jesus paid and can make one be 100% devoted to him. But there is nothing non-Catholic about that.

The Catholic faith includes the Protestant faiths. But not necessarily the other way around.

Personally I go with the all -inclusive faith.
 
Do you feel dicotomized if you pray to the Father and not the Son? Or to the Son and not
the Holy Spirit? Or to St. Francis and not your guardian angel? Or to Mary and not St.
Joseph? Or to Dad and not to Mom? Or pray for a deceased sister and not your
deceased brother? Or to a fellow worker on the left and not the one on the right?
Or to the dog and not the cat? Some people do and some don’t. But one thing is for
sure, it’s ok because the church would have said so before now if it wasn’t.

Just a thought.
 
Like other poster said, while all Catholics revere Mary, it does not mean they are obligated to pick up some Marian devotion.

First of all Mary is revered by the Church trough the Liturgy. The most reverence the Church can give to Mary is in Liturgy.
But, you aware that in Liturgy of the Latin Church, there is no direct reference to Mary. Her feast and solemnity are celebrated by giving thanks to God the Father, trough Christ, in unity with the Holy Spirit for the wonderful mystery and grace the Father done for Mary and for us trough Mary and in Mary.

This structure is reflected in Mass, Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office), celebration of Sacraments and blessings.

Now there are Hymns/Antiphons that address Mary and the Saints within the Church Liturgy (for instance, Litany of the Saints, some Hymn in the Liturgy of the Hours, Marian antiphons after the Office conclusion), but they are very modest in number and brief.

As we all know, the Liturgy is the highest devotion, prayer, and worship the Church can do.
It become the source and destination of everything else, including devotions.

So, basically, if you revere Mary within the constraint of Liturgical life of the Church, without picking up other private devotion (Rosary for instance), you already doing well and great.

Think about the life of Benedictine monks and nuns.
Their life revolves around the Liturgy of the Church: Eucharist and the Divine Office.
Some of them never prayed Rosary. Their devotion to Mary mainly trough the Church Liturgy, in form of hymns and antiphons as described in their Divine Office.

No one accuse them of not reverencing Mary enough, or they will be lost and their life will be graceless, or they cut their grace life line.

So be at peace.
You give Mary proper reverence and devotion trough the Liturgy.
Other personal devotion you pick up, either to God (and Jesus) or to other Saints does not create petty competition with devotion to Mary.
 
Zeldarocks said:
I’ll cut to the chase: it seems like every time I have a “Jesus moment” either with the Divine Mercy Chaplet, that one time with the Eucharistic Jesus, etc; that I then feel like I should be directing everything to Jesus and not exalt the Blessed Mother or even say a Hail Mary. I just feel… Almost Protestant in my conviction. Any advice?
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This is interesting. You’re feeling guilty because you’re focusing on our Lord?
 
Every single grace you receive comes through the hands of your Mother Mary. Love her generously and be grateful to her; pray to Jesus, and do not neglect to pray to Mary. She will make your love for Jesus more perfect. It is even said that she is the surest and easiest way to Jesus. Love her and pray to her to mould your heart into her Son’s. You will go much further in your relationship with Jesus with Mary’s help. God is mercy and justice. Mary is all mercy. With a true, deep devotion to her you will be doing yourself the greatest favor! She is your Mother and Dispenser of all graces - why would you have a problem praying to her and asking her for help?
 
ready said:
Every single grace you receive comes through the hands of your Mother Mary.
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Only if you’re referring to that in the concept that Mary gave birth to Jesus. Otherwise I’m not sure the Church teaches that.
 
adoglover1956 said:
Only if you’re referring to that in the concept that Mary gave birth to Jesus. Otherwise I’m not sure the Church teaches that.
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The Church does teach that Mary is the Mediatrix of All Graces, however it is not on the level of dogma.
 
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