Formation of Hail Mary Prayer in question

[ni8shadow]

hi
i have dialouges with protestant friends about the prayer and point out to them that the Hail Mary is Bibilical. However, one friend had a response that was interesting. he said that since the prayer is composed by picking and choosing different verses of the Bible and puting them together, that the prayer is bad. he said he probably could pick and choose verses and make a prayer that could support any doctrine he wanted and still claim it to be Biblical.

any thoughts?

 

[otm]

You might ask him on what basis he has decided that putting varoious statements from the Bible together is bad. He has made a value judgement; not it is up to him to defend that with something more than a bald statement.

And I’ve never heard that comment before…

 

[Ourladyguadalup]

ni8shadow:

he said that since the prayer is composed by picking and choosing different verses of the Bible and puting them together, that the prayer is bad.

My, my…

as a former Protestant, I can tell you that’s exactly what most Protestant ministers’ sermons consist of…picking, choosing & tying it all together! Very often completely out of context. (My own experience, in no way a broad description or condemnation of all Protestant ministers)

Jennifer

 

[Hananiah]

Stringing snippets of Scriptural text isn’t necessarily bad. For example, Mary’s Magnificat is composed of something like 15 snippets of the Old Testament. However, if the statements are taken out of context and used to prove doctrines which deeper exegesis shows to be foreign to Scripture then it is bad.

Regarding this particular case, there’s nothing out of context in the Hail Mary. We use Gabriel’s greeting to greet Mary, and we use Elizabeth’s praise to praise Mary.

 

[ni8shadow]

thanks all

 

[Tyler_Smedley]

By the way, if picking and choosing scripture is bad while praying, then how bad is the spontanious prayer that protestants hold in such high reguard?

 

[hawkeye]

So first and foremost they (pro-test-ants) ram the Bible down our throats, then when a prayer is composed of scripture it’s bad I as a Catholic don’t waste every waking moment of every day thinking how I will attack other religions.
Do other faiths get time for prayer ? they waste so much time attacking us that it makes me more resolved as to the fact that I must be in the right Church.
Get a life and get on with your faith, or is your faith consisted of Catholic bashing ? well If it is then it’s no faith at all.
Old Nick has surley sifted you all like wheat !!!