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Prayer To Mother Mary from the book: Glories of Mary
by St. Aphonsus de Liguori
O Queen and Mother of Mercy, who dispenses graces to all who have recourse to thee with so much liberality, because thou art a Queen and with so much love, because thou art our most loving Mother; to thee do I, who am so devoid of merit and virtue, and so loaded with debts to the Divine justice, recommend myself this day.
O Mary, thou holdest the keys of all the Divine mercies; forget not my miseries, and leave me not in my poverty. Thou art so liberal with all, and givest more than thou art asked for, O, be thus liberal with me. O Lady, protect me; this is all that I ask of thee.
If thou protectest me, I fear nothing. I fear not the evil spirits; for thou art more powerful than all of them. I fear not my sins; for thou by one word canst obtain their full pardon from God. And if I have thy favour, I do not even fear an angry God; for a single prayer of thine will appease Him. In fine, if thou protectest me, I hope all; for thou art all-powerful. O Mother of mercy, I know that thou takest pleasure and dost glory in helping the most miserable, and, provided they are not obstinate, that thou canst help them. I am a sinner, but am not obstinate; I desire to change my life. Thou canst, then help me: O help me and save me.
I now place myself entirely in thy hands. Tell me what I must do in order to please God, and I am ready for all, and hope to do all with thy help, O Mary - Mary, my Mother, my light my consolation, my refuge, my hope. Amen.
Thanks for reading!
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Apr 2, 2007
1:44 AM
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hi sulfuricacid
im sorry i have to say something which might be against what you believe in.the point is christians(followers of christ) are saved by faith in jesus Christ alone and not by mary.this is not my idea but what the bible teaches as seen below
1.Acts 4:12
"Neither is there salvation in any other:for there is NO OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN given among men,whereby we must be saved.
2.John 14:6
"Jesus saith unto him,i am the way,the truth and the life:no man cometh unto the Father BUT BY ME"
3.John 10:9
"I am the door,BY ME if any man enter in HE SHALL BE SAVED"
4.Isaiah 43:11
"I even I am the LORD and BESIDE ME THERE IS NO SAVIOUR"
5.Hosea 13:4
"Yet i am the LORD the GOD THERE IS NO SAVIOUR BESIDE ME"
6.2 Samuel 23:3
"The GOD is my rock he is ..... MY SAVIOUR"
Even before Jesus was born,an angel announced that he would be the Saviour.we read this in
7.Matthew 1:21
"And she shall bring forth a son and thou shalt call his name Jesus:for HE SHALL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS"
After Christ's birth,the angel repeated himself.this is in
8.Luke 2:11
"For unto you is born this day in the city of David A SAVIOUR WHICH IS CHRIST THE LORD"
it is rather unfortunate but the catholic doctrine has lead many astray.what does peter who is considered as the first pope have to say about this.we read in
9. 2 Peter 1:1
"Into the everlasting kingdom of OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST"
10. 2 Peter 2:20
"Through the knowledge of the LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST".
not only did peter know jesus was the saviour,he glorified jesus and not mary.this is read in
11. 2 Peter 3:18
"But grow in grace and in the knowledge of OUE LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. To HIM BE GLORY BOTH NOW AND FOREVER".
the question now arises why is JESUS and not mary or any other name under the heaven the saviour of the world.This same peter recognised as the first pope tells us exactly why jesus is our saviour.this is read in
12. 1 Peter 18-19
"Ye were not REDEEMED with corruptible things as silver and gold,from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers:BUT WITH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST AS OF A LAMP WITHOUT BLEMISH AND WITHOUT SPOT".
so we see cleary that as far as the bible(God's word)is concerned Jesus Christ is the saviour and no one else.
thanks
May God Be With You
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Dec 5, 2007
5:18 PM
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