Whats the episcopal/anglican opinion about Mary, and Saints statues ? in churchs

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Do you just pray the Holy Mary or pray those prayers with “tell your grace”

Example: Our Lady Of Guadalupe Prayer

Our Lady of Guadalupe, mystical rose, make intercession for the Holy Church, protect the Sovereign Pontiff, help all those who invoke thee in their necessities, and since thou art the ever Virgin Mary and Mother of God, obtain for us from thy most holy Son the grace of keeping our faith, sweet hope in the midst of the bitterness of life, burning charity and the precious gift of final perseverance. Amen.
 
Theu2026 said:
Do you just pray the Holy Mary or pray those prayers with “tell your grace”

Example: Our Lady Of Guadalupe Prayer

Our Lady of Guadalupe, mystical rose, make intercession for the Holy Church, protect the Sovereign Pontiff, help all those who invoke thee in their necessities, and since thou art the ever Virgin Mary and Mother of God, obtain for us from thy most holy Son the grace of keeping our faith, sweet hope in the midst of the bitterness of life, burning charity and the precious gift of final perseverance. Amen.
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Ah.

I don’t do a ton of Marian prayers. For me, it tends to just be a simple Hail Mary. Nothing against the rest; just not part of my devotional practice. I pray far more often to St Joseph, as I simply identify more with him.
 
Or, from another perspective, the singing of the Angelus, which used to follow every Sunday Mass in my parish, is now done as a spoken prayer, after Wednesday night Mass.
 
GKMotley said:
Or, from another perspective, the singing of the Angelus, which used to follow every Sunday Mass in my parish, is now done as a spoken prayer, after Wednesday night Mass.
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And that particular practice is not a rarity by any means.
 
But you don’t have problem in make catholic prays for saints or has one anglican mode for saints prayers
 
Theu2026 said:
But you don’t have problem in make catholic prays for saints or has one anglican mode for saints prayers
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In my case, no, though the devotion to St Joseph I use is from an Anglican book, St Augustine’s Prayer Book. No idea if it has a Catholic source. In terms of the type of content, it’s the same idea.

There are those who think that Marian devotions are good but Marian intercession is a false doctrine (there was an article about this on AnglicanPastor.net, if you care to dig it up). These folks would pray the rosary, but they would not include the “Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us…” in the Hail Marys.
 
The RC Church does not currently call Mary “co-redemptrix”. Some have the opinion she should be, but this is not a church teaching and was explicitly rejected as a dogma by Pope Pius XII.

As for “mediatrix”, Jesus is our mediator with the Father; Mary is our mediator with the Son (her son, Jesus) as she was at the Wedding at Cana in Scripture.
Mary is also the “mediatrix of all graces” as she is tasked by God with distributing graces to mankind.

I hope this clarifies the RC teaching on the role of Mary, an area where it seems many have received misinformation.
 
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Mary is also the “mediatrix of all graces” as she is tasked by God with distributing graces to mankind.
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Is this an official doctrine or dogma, or just a common view? Because the idea that literally all grace is directly meted out by Mary seems to go too far. I have also heard it explained by a RC priest as meaning that Mary, in bringing Christ into the world, then mediated all graces to the world.
 
Theu2026 said:
Please, post your St Joseph prayer.
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Took me a minute to find (my usual link wasn’t working):

“A MEDITATION ON JOSEPH
AS WORKER AND FATHER
Glorious Saint Joseph, example to all who labor, pray for me that I may obtain grace to see
my work as the means by which I contribute to the common good and provide what is
necessary for myself and those who depend upon me.
May I work with joy and gratitude for the skill and strength God gives; and, as I desire a
fair return for my labor, may I stand for all that is just and equitable. Among the many and
conflicting demands I face and in the midst of swiftly moving time, teach me to listen for
God’s call, to serve Christ in all people, and to hold in mind that day when there will be an
accounting for what has been done and left undone.
Guardian of the Incarnate Word, husband and protector of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by
your example, and with the aid of your intercession, let me be obedient to God’s call, gentle
in justice, and brave in danger. Grant that I may spend my strength and energy, my time
and resources, for the well-being and good of those who depend on me, and when those I
love take up paths I do not understand and follow a call that I do not hear, make me patient
and willing to learn. Above all, keep me constant and unwavering in my love toward God
and toward those whose lives are deeply intertwined with mine.”
 
I’ve seen it happen.

OTOH, our parish regularly participates in Life Chain, and similar stuff.
 
HopkinsReb said:
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Tis_Bearself:
Mary is also the “mediatrix of all graces” as she is tasked by God with distributing graces to mankind.
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Is this an official doctrine or dogma, or just a common view? Because the idea that literally all grace is directly meted out by Mary seems to go too far. I have also heard it explained by a RC priest as meaning that Mary, in bringing Christ into the world, then mediated all graces to the world.
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I sure hope that option 1 isn’t a requirement, if so that’ll be my first really tough thing to make it through for the faith in a while. I’ve always balked quite heavily at that interpretation for a while now. Your second option as explained by some priests is always how I roll with the “mediatrix of all graces” route if I have to confront it. I have no problem with people who believe option one, but it’s not one I find useful to my spiritual life.
 
RoseScented said:
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HopkinsReb:
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Tis_Bearself:
Mary is also the “mediatrix of all graces” as she is tasked by God with distributing graces to mankind.
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Is this an official doctrine or dogma, or just a common view? Because the idea that literally all grace is directly meted out by Mary seems to go too far. I have also heard it explained by a RC priest as meaning that Mary, in bringing Christ into the world, then mediated all graces to the world.
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I sure hope that option 1 isn’t a requirement, if so that’ll be my first really tough thing to make it through for the faith in a while. I’ve always balked quite heavily at that interpretation for a while now. Your second option as explained by some priests is always how I roll with the “mediatrix of all graces” route if I have to confront it. I have no problem with people who believe option one, but it’s not one I find useful to my spiritual life.
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Version 2 is perfectly fine to me. It would take some effort to convince me that version 1 doesn’t replace Christ with Mary.
 
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