Is the Protestant worship of God the same as Catholic veneration of Mary?

[Gabriel_of_12]

I have not read all the responses so pardon if this is repeat.

I wonder if what you mean is that because the Catholic Mass is the offering of The sacrifice, the ultimate type of worship to God, and because protestants do not, then their worship is less than ultimate.

too many commas, sorry

lol

John 4:23 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. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and truth.”

John 14:4Where * am going you know the way.”* 5Thomas said to him, “Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?” 6 *Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one **comes to the Father except through me.

The Catholic Mass celebrates the mysteries of our eternal God made present to us in time. The Mass is much much more than just the “once and only sacrifice God is pleased to accept”. Those with their white (baptismal) wedding garment enters into the heavenly Wedding feast of the Lamb, when the bride groom and His bride become one flesh.

No one judges the disposition of the believer although Jesus reveals to His Church how we are to worship and go before the Father in heaven.

Luke 22:17 Then he took a cup,* gave thanks, and said, “Take this and share it among yourselves;… 19 Then he took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which will be given for you; **do this in memory of me.” **20And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you.

Without this True presence of Jesus body, blood, soul and divinity, “No one can go before the Father.” This is when the True worshippers worship God in Spirit which gives life to the Eucharist when Jesus body, blood soul and divinity are made present so as to enter the holy of holies and worship God in Spirit and Truth.

Non catholics do not believe in the True presence of Jesus body,blood soul and divinity in His Eucharist made present in the “do this in memory of me”.

So how does a non catholic enter the holy of holies before the Father in heaven? without a True presence of Jesus body, blood soul and divinity. Because “NO ONE” comes to the Father except through me"= Jesus.

Unless non catholics can prove one can reach heaven with a symbol that represents Jesus, or that a symbolic spirit exists in heaven? How can one “be still and know that IAM God” be in the presence of God through a symbol of bread and wine?

This is not to say that non -catholics form of worship is “lesser”. They can give an account in regards to their disposition of worship, from those who hold to a symbol that represents Jesus. The biblical liturgy revealed and practiced in the Catholic Mass does not discount ones private prayer, devotion and adoration of God.

The True worshippers is how the bible puts it in the plural will worship God in Spirit and Truth.

I am only revealing the Apostolic Tradition that the Catholic Church has practiced since the resurrection of Jesus, supported and revealed by the bible as the OP requested. That the liturgy of the Mass is the highest form of worship man can give God, because Jesus is Truly present body, blood, soul and divinity.

Jesus celebrates the first Mass after the resurrection with His disciples by revealing the liturgy of the Word (Luke 24:27,32) and the liturgy of the Eucharist (Luke 24:30-31).

Luke 24:27 Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them what referred to him in all the scriptures…30 And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. 31With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight.

32Then they said to each other, **“Were not our hearts burning [within us] while he spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us?” *…35Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread

 

[A_Catholic]

I have not read all the responses so pardon if this is repeat.

I wonder if what you mean is that because the Catholic Mass is the offering of The sacrifice, the ultimate type of worship to God, and because protestants do not, then their worship is less than ultimate.

too many commas, sorry

lol

EXACTLY. You have boiled everything down to its essence. As I posted earlier, Protestant worship is, at best, incomplete. To add to what you have posted, Protestants do not have the Rosary (which I believe, outside of Mass itself, is our most powerful spiritual weapon) - given to us directly by Our Lady - they do not have the Liturgy of the Hours, they do not have Novenas, and all the wonderful prayers that have been handed down through the centuries to aid us in our worship. And most importantly of all, they do not have the Eucharist.

I don’t believe Protestant worship can be compared in any way to that given to us by the True Church of God. All Protestant worship is man made. All true Catholic worship is divine. To reiterate my posting in response to Marybeloved, to say that Catholic worship is superior to Protestant worship is to do a great disservice to what the Church has given us, because you are comparing the two types of worship. There is no comparison.