Is praying to Mary, acceptable?

I agree with you! All prayers should be directly addressed to Almighty God through Jesus Christ. While we appreciate and respect all other servants of God, God himself decides how we should pray. There are no prayers directed to anyone else but God. He is the hearer of prayers and the One that answers prayers.

“I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true.” Luke 1:38(New Living Translation) Mary said these words to the angel who told here that she would give birth to Jesus. She was a humble servant of God. Nowhere in the Bible can we find any of the servants of Jehovah God directing any prayers to anyone else but our heavenly Father. Mary was given a great position among the ones that were chosen to the heavenly government in God´s Kingdom. But there is nothing that shows that she would take over the prayer listening from God. Mary must feel very awkward that people are praying and worshiping her and so are the others in the heavenly government who also get prayers and worship directed to them. They are servants of God Almighty and want everyone else to be that too.

This is for Catholics and non-Catholics, Christians or non-Christians to understand. Because some Catholics are illiterate for these or don't know why. As Catholics, We are not praying for Mary or to Mary, or to (also for) all Saints But, We together with Mary and all the Saints we are all praying and connecting to God as One thru the name or principles or methods or teachings of Jesus Christ. Because We with Mary, all the Saints and Jesus Christ are All One with God. We are all loving and serving only one God, and that's what makes as One with God.

What is that praying to marry is not acceptable if you believe in the bible as the words of God...because Bible, denoted that we only pray directly to God, and our lord Jesus Christ, as the mediator of God, between man... There is no rule of marry aside being the mother of our lord Jesus Christ. She never give any power nor God, give people to pray to marry... For more details...read the bible as a whole Have a great day!

with being taught and scriptures the WORD states. Mary is holy, but all things was given unto Jesus in Heaven and earth, and IN HIS NAME we was to ask, IN HIS NAME we was to do. ACTS:2:38 . Never judge just pray for one another in Love. careing ways. and seek first the kingdom the rest will follow..Jesus said I must be about my Father's business, He told that to Mary. Jesus first in Word and Deed..

I believe that Mother Mary prays WITH us... Just like all the saints, the Blessed Mother intercedes for us. When we pray with the help of the saints, and with the belief that Mary is by our side, our faith strengthens and we become more open to receive blessings from above. Catholics don't worship Mary, we venerate her for the very important and sacred role that she played for the salvation of mankind. And she will always be a model of purity and obedience to the will of the Father. To Jesus through Mary.. :)

Well, Catholics often pray to Mary because she is a mother, and who do we often turn to when we are in trouble? Our mother. I don't think it's wrong for people to pray to Mary because praying to Mary is basically like asking your mother for help.

No, it is an invention of the Roman Church all the best urban

The bible says we only pray to God Almighty and not to mary or any other saints... The Guidelines of praying: Our Father who art in heaven hollowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done...this is not a prayer this a guide

Hi keep_onwatch, i never felt some thing wrong in worship or pray to mother mary because she is the one who given birth to the Jesus. Many people worship Mother Mary for healing purpose. If you see in Valangani, Tamilnadu state, people from all over the world come there to worship her. It shows the respect towards the mother of Jesus and the faith on her. Yeah, there is no word to worship Mary in the Bible but i feel as a respect to the Jesus, we can pray to her also, nothing wrong in it. We are not loosing anything. Have a wonderful day. God bless you and your family.

No because the only and true God to worship and pray for is the Almighty God.

Hey friend, I do accept that prayer should be given to God. Also you have to notice that catholic are not prating to Mary.Mary is a mediator between God and men. Catholics are not worshiping Mary. They are requesting mary to pray for them to god. There are many references in revelation about Mary. If you go through it you can understand. It is like a son approaching his mother to get something from the father. Similar is the thing with all saints. I dont think respecting Mary or any saints is similar to praying to God. If someone is giving more importance to Mary than God it is because of ignorance.But i am sure that Mary has a role in heaven.

nope, mary had bragging rights for being the biological mother of Jesus but never the right to be prayed too. even Jesus calls her woman, and not something special or holy like mother of mercy, queen of heaven, etc etc

I believe that we should only pray to God because he is the creator. Jesus is not the creator and neither is Mary.

No, it is an invention of the Roman Church all the best urban

I believe after reading the bible that the only one we should be praying to is god. I think that a lot of religions dont follow that specific part of the bible that says that. I know the catholics pray to mary and I dont think its right according to what the bible says but there are many reasons that I stopped following christianity because I didnt agree with a lot of things. Each church teaches things a little bit differently and that makes things very confusing.

It doesn't matter to me. I respect what other people think about it. But in my case I just pray directly to Jesus since he is the only way to God the Father.

If we referring to the bible. Praying to Mary, is not acceptable. Because it is very clear that only Jesus Christ, is the only mediator of God,not Mary. There is no phrase in the bible to pray to Mary. Because God, told us what is going to do when praying...

Well, I guess I have little else to add here & you already have some very convincing responses. Except to say, that I'm not entirely sure that the Catholic Church actually invented the practice of praying to Mary / through Mary/ worshiping Mary. Perhaps, & I'm just speculating here, it may have been that certain groups within the church received some or a lot of benefit from praying to or through Mary & the church was forced to establish some rules on how this was to be done to limit or control this & tolerate this practice or else run the risk of losing their members to what could be taken as a pagan practice? There are many records of people throughout the middle ages using this practice to reliably curtail the powers of the devil. That is, until the same Catholic Church began punishing people for doing that very thing. Perhaps then, it would be a good idea for other Christians to also tolerate Catholics in this area & for Catholics to likewise not accuse other Christians of a lack of respect just because they refuse to practice what the Catholics do. I don't believe the Catholic Church actually forces Catholics to pray to or through Mary, at least not originally, as I've shown elsewhere, but I'm not Catholic, so I'm not up to speed on the latest detailed Catholic practices.

No problem is you are Roman Catholic!