Praying to Mary and the Saints

[sudy]

Exactly.

1 Kings 2:20 She said, ‘I have one small request to make you; do not refuse me.’ ‘Mother,’ the king replied, ‘make your request, for I shall not refuse you.’

If Solomon can say this to his mother, why can’t Jesus?

You know, it’s been for such a long time that I’ve associated that passage with Mary that I didn’t stop to think about finding the source However, Jesus did not come to do away with the Old Scriptures, but to fulfill them and to make the new covenant, as promised to Jeremiah. The New Testament fulfills the Old Testament …And the Church has made it clear that Jesus will not refuse His Mother.

The Wedding at Cana reference was true, Jesus did not refuse His mother, despite the fact that His time had not yet come, and He did share His mother with us at the crucifixion.

The people that you’re talking with, though, may not accept the Old Testament references as not everybody understands the connection between the two, so, if you’re looking for New Testament references… we know that the prayers of the Saints are specifically mentioned in the book of Revelation, and we also believe that Mary is the ‘woman clothed with the sun’, and if you read the Gospel of Luke, it clearly states that Mary is Blessed, and you can see that at the Crucifixion, Jesus said, ‘today you will be with me in Paradise’ to the thief… which shows that Heaven is accessible.

In Timothy 2: 1-5 it tells us that Jesus is the one mediator between God and humanity, but it also says intercessions should be offered for everyone.

Beyond this, I’m a little out of my depth… except to say that Jesus told us that He would build His Church on Peter, that the gates of Hell would not prevail against it, and that He would not leave us orphans.

 

[TheSeeker2014]

I know, that is why I phrased it as a counter question, to get the person you are talking to to really think about what they are saying

Oh ok I see where you are coming from now… haha I got confused.

 

[TheSeeker2014]

Exactly.

1 Kings 2:20 She said, ‘I have one small request to make you; do not refuse me.’ ‘Mother,’ the king replied, ‘make your request, for I shall not refuse you.’

If Solomon can say this to his mother, why can’t Jesus?

And by Jesus acting upon this, it fulfills ‘Honor your mother and your father’ (parents)

This Scripture of a king honoring his mother points to the fact that no matter how much people look upon you, your mother is in a special place and should still be honored by you as if you were not in a high position.