Privileges of Mary given by God

• General categories cover all things Mary
• Mary, Mother of God
• Mary, Ever Virgin (Answering questions of how many children Mary had.)
• Mary as Mediatrix of all Graces
• Mary as Co-Redemptrix
• Mary's Immaculate Conception
• The Assumption of Mary
• Queenship of Mary
• Consecration and Total Consecration to Mary

 

      General categories cover all things Mary    

1. Is Mary’s and the saints’ intercession unbiblical? (Catholic Answers)
2. Nazareth InfoWizard on Mary

     Mary, Mother of God    

1. Seeing we tend to agree with our Protestant friend on Mary, can you tell us how to reply to him?
2. If St. Paul has given rules to worship and said anything else is not from God, why worship Mary?
3. Why do you call Mary, mother of God, when God has no mother and how could she be Judaean?
4. What does the Catholic Church teach about Mary, the mother of Jesus?
5. Did Jesus willfully not call Mary, mother, to prevent others from worshiping her as Mother of God?
6. Relevant Scripture Passages from the Holy Scriptures
7. Mary: Mother of God — What the First Christians said. (Catholic Answers) [ top ]

      Mary, Ever Virgin (Answering questions of how many children Mary had.)    

1. Can you enlighten me and how do I rebut these phony claims that Jesus had brothers and sisters?
2. Do you know of any sources that show, display, and defend Mary's Virginity?
3. Does Catholic doctrine hold that Mary gave birth to no other children other than Jesus?
4. Why do we call the Mary, the Virgin Mary, when she had children after Jesus?
5. Why are my views on Purgatory, Mary having kids, praying to her and being a co-mediator wrong?
6. Relevant Scripture Passages from the Holy Scriptures
7. Mary: Ever Virgin — What the First Christians said. (Catholic Answers)

      Mary as Mediatrix of all Graces    

1. Is it official church teaching that all requests to Jesus must first pass through Mary?
2. Why are my views on Purgatory, Mary having kids, praying to her and being a co-mediator wrong?
3. Can you explain the doctrine: Mary, Mediatrix of all Graces, so I can fully grasp this teaching?
4. Relevant Scripture Passages from the Holy Scriptures

      Mary as Co-Redemptrix    

1. Why does the Church put so much emphasis on Mary (and her co-redeeming) instead of on Jesus?
2. Seeing we tend to agree with our Protestant friend on Mary, can you tell us how to reply to him?
3. Why does the Catholic doctrine call Mary Co-Redeemer or Co-Savior?
4. Is it official church teaching that all requests to Jesus must first pass through Mary?
5. Relevant Scripture Passages from the Holy Scriptures

      Mary's Immaculate Conception  [ top ]

1. Why weren't the Immaculate Conception and Assumption required faith back then, but are today?
2. Was I confused about what we believe about the terms: Immaculate Conception and Virgin Birth?
3. Romans 3 versus Mary's Sinlessness.
4. Where is Mary's Sinlessness in the Bible?
5. Do you and Bill O'Reilly know what the Immaculate Conception really is?
6. Can you help a Baptist who accepts Mary's celibacy but has a hard time with her sinlessness?
7. Contrary to Leviticus, why do you believe in the Immaculate Conception and Mary's lack of sin?
8. Why is transubstantiation vital, what is Mary's role, why is she venerated, and did Mary ever sin?
9. If Mary was conceived without sin by parents born with sin, why not protect Jesus the same way?
10. Why do we need to pray to Jesus "through the Immaculate Heart of Mary"; and is this biblical?
11. Relevant Scripture Passages from the Holy Scriptures
12. Immaculate Conception and Assumption (Catholic Answers)

      The Assumption of Mary  

1. Why weren't the Immaculate Conception and Assumption required faith back then, but are today?
2. Besides the Papal decree by Pope Pius XII, what is the best way to defend Mary's Assumption?
3. What happened to Mary after Jesus died?
4. Did our Blessed Mother die or was she taken up into Heaven and if she died, did she take on sin?
5. Was Mary assumed alive into Heaven or did she first die and can a non-Catholic be an Oblate?
6. Did Mary, Mother of God, suffer a physical death?
7. Did the Virgin Mary die before her glorious Assumption?
8. Relevant Scripture Passages from the Holy Scriptures
9. Immaculate Conception and Assumption (Catholic Answers)

      Queenship of Mary 

1. Is Mary's Queenship Biblical? (Catholic Answers)

      Consecration and Total Consecration to Mary [ top ]

1. Can you help a Lutheran who is considering joining the Church but has a number of questions?
2. Is the Pope's devotion to Mary going too far via St. Louis de Monfort's Mariology and theology?

   

Questions on praying to Mary and the Saints

      From our colleagues at Catholic Answers 

1. Praying to the Saints

     From our Knowledge base   

1. Can someone please help me explain the Communion of Saints to a Protestant?
2. Can you explain to a Baptist, thinking about converting, the value of praying to Mary and the Saints?
3. How do I explain to my Presbyterian friend why we pray to Mary and its biblical basis?
4. Can you answers some questions on righteousness, confessing to a priest, and praying to Saints?
5. Why do Catholics pray to the Saints and where are the Scriptural references for this teaching?
6. Can you explain the Church's economy of salvation and praying to Mary which I find distressing?
7. How does a seeking Episcopalian reply to these Church of Christ and Baptist questions?
8. Why pray to Mary and the saints when they're dead and why don't they grasp Mary, Mother of God?
9. How do I show my friend that bowing to the Pope is not worship and is praying to the saints wrong?
10. Why do Catholics pray to the Blessed Mother?
11. Relevant Scripture Passages from the Holy Scriptures

Questions on "Calling no man Father".

      From our colleagues at Catholic Answers 

1. Call No Man "Father"?

     From our Knowledge base   

1. Is there any Biblical evidence to support the Catholic position in calling priests "Fathers"?
2. Why do Catholics call the priest father and why do you pray to Mary, when Jesus is the only way?
3. Why does your pagan Church call pedophile priests father and grovel at the feet of the Pope?
4. Why pray to Mary and how do I reconcile your teachings with Matthew 23:8-12 and Luke 11:27-28?
5. Can you answer some questions on the Pope, Jesus, Mary, and the Saints from a Scriptural guy?
6. Relevant Scripture Passages from the Holy Scriptures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Questions on the Rapture

     From our colleagues at Catholic Answers 

1. The Rapture
2. No Rapture for Rome — The Anti-Catholics behind the Best-selling Left Behind Books
3. Catholic Answers Search Results for: Rapture
   

     From our Knowledge base   

1. Could you explain the Protestant view of the Rapture and how it squares with the Catholic view?
2. Can you answer some questions on the Rapture, Hell, and whether physical bodies are in Heaven?
3. Is there any basis for belief in the Protestant rapture and, if not, how do they justify their belief?
4. Do Catholics believe in the Second Coming of Christ and the Rapture?
5. Is it true that the Pope said in the Vatican newspaper that he believes in the Rapture?
6. If the Bible teaches you are nothing until the Rapture, why do Catholics pray to Mary anyway?
7. Relevant Scripture Passages from the Holy Scriptures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Questions on worshipping and making statues and graven images

          From our colleagues at Catholic Answers

• Do Catholics Worship Statues?

          From our knowledge base

1. Should we be making or praying to statues or images seeing it appears to make God angry?
2. Do Catholics go against 'the engraved image' commandment in the Bible (e.g. the Rosary)?
3. Relevant Scripture Passages from the Holy Scriptures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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How we are saved: the Catholic and Protestant views.

     From our colleagues at Catholic Answers 

1. Justification - Setting the Record Straight - by James Akin
2. Is Justification Ongoing?- By Mark Brumley
3. Grace: What It Is and What It Does
4. Is Salvation an Act or a Process? - By Kenneth Howell
   
5. Assurance of Salvation?
6. Good Tracts on Salvation

     From our Knowledge base   

1. A Protestant Christian tries to correct the errors heard on the Catholic teaching on justification. (VIDEO)
2. Relevant Scripture Passages from the Holy Scriptures

 

 

 

 

 

Lust, sins of the flesh, concupiscence and similar issues related to illnesses

From our colleagues at Catholic Answers

• I've formed a real habit of masturbation, and don't know how to stop. What would you say is the best way to overcome this?
• I have been struggling with the issue of masturbation for the past couple of months. After doing some research, I discovered that it has some medicinal benefits.

From our Knowledge base

Illness related postings

• Why can't I just come to grips with, and accept, my Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder as my cross?
• Does the longevity of my habit and my illness excuse my struggles with the sins of the flesh?
• Do you have any advice for a friend who wrestles with sex sins and thinks he's always in mortal sin?
• What do I do if the effects my illness, affect how I feel about remaining Catholic?

Eric's advice

• Are homosexual or heterosexual fantasies or desires a sin and is Confession necessary?
• Do you have any suggestions on how I can control the lustful aspects of my life?
• As an adolescent, am I able to continue masturbating due to my age and is it less of a sin for me?
• What are some ideas for dealing with this sexual habit within my marriage without offending Him?
• Does ones libido, biological makeup, or sex drive lessen the culpability of mortal sin in this area?

Bob's advice

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• Can't I just masturbate until I'm married and, if I do, will I go to Hell?
• How bad is it that I couldn't steer away from this sexual temptation?
• Would it be a mortal sin if I read something and almost sinned, seeing I briefly looked for more?
• How do I handle my sexual cravings and is it sinful to go a long time without receiving Communion?
  
  

Mike's advice

• Why is sexual gratification and our sex drive a sin when they are good for you?
• What does a Catholic do who receives different priestly counsel in Confession on masturbation?
• Does God understand the safe and healthy side of the desires of the flesh?
• Since my wife has lost her desire to have sex, is it OK to masturbation just to relieve myself?
• Will I see my Protestant friend again and can you provide advice for my battles with pornography?
• Is sleep masturbation a sin and is it a serious-enough sin that I should go to Confession?
• If a woman has not found her sexual release, is it still considered a sin for her to be pleasured?
• Can I be saved from these sins, is masturbation a serious sin, and is watching porn a sin as well?
• What's your advice for a 60-year-old gal who struggles with concupiscence and sins of the flesh?
• What is so wrong about acting upon natural feelings and how am I robbing my future wife?
• If you are a Catholic, under what circumstances is it okay to masturbate?
• How can I go to Confession when I know I'm going to commit that same sin again?