Question
No one who has carefully examined the events of and surrounding Fatima could possibly share your opinion of the Blessed Mother.
Answer
I was a Catholic for 34 years. I was a great devoted follower of Mary.
But after I became a Christian, I went to four years of seminary and made it a
point to carefully study the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church. I
compared their doctrines to the truths of the Bible, and they (the Catholic
Church) are without a doubt full of false doctrines.
Mary was a wonderful person, and blessed, but she, like every other human was a
sinner, before and after the birth of Christ. So was Joseph, and the
Apostles. The Bible says "all" have sinned, there is not one who
does good, no not one! Mary was a sinner and needed a Savior. The
lie of the Catholic doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, is that Mary (along
with Jesus) was born without sin, because, as the Catholic Church says, she had
a sinless baby. Well, this sounds good, but then that would require that Mary's
mother be sinless too, since she had sinless Mary! Another Immaculate
Conception, and her grandmother, and on and on--foolishness, pure
foolishness....
Mary, was a virgin until Jesus was born, and then had normal sexual relations
with her husband, see Matthew 1:23-25...............
"The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will
call him Immanuel" - which means, "God with us." When
Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took
Mary home as his wife. But he had no union with her "until" she
gave birth to a son. And he gave
him the name Jesus." [Matthew 1:23-25]
The Catholic Church dishonors Mary by giving her honor God never intended.
There was an incident when Jesus' mother and "brothers" (Mary's
children) went to Jesus, ". . . . to take charge of Him, for they said, "He is out of his mind." [Mark 3:21]
"Someone told Jesus, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside,
wanting to speak to you." Jesus replied to him, "Who is my
mother, and who are my brothers?" Pointing to his disciples, he said,
"Here are my mother and my brothers. [Matthew 12:47-49]
The point Jesus was making is that Mary, his earthly mother, had no special
position or honor over any other Christian who does God's will. Mary is
blessed, as was the Apostles, they were used by God in a special way, but she
was never to be worshipped and elevated as the Catholics do--this is a dishonor
to her. Mary is in heaven and doesn't have a clue what we are doing and
could care less, she is focused on Jesus her Lord and Savior. The prayers
of Catholics to Mary and the other saints are an abomination and a stench in the
nostrils of God, for, "For there is one God and one mediator between God
and men, the man Christ Jesus." [1 Timothy 2:5]
See that, only one mediator! Mary is not a mediator, she can't hear us nor
intervene in any way. You are caught up in a great deception, and will
someday pay a tremendous price of eternal suffering in the Lake of Fire unless
you bow down to Jesus, and Jesus alone, repenting of your sins, confessing
belief in who Jesus claimed to be: God, the "ONLY" mediator, the only
way of salvation, and then submiting to His Word and will.
Fatima is a lie straight from the pit. Satan stages false healings, or
removes his crippling effects at the right time to give "our Lady of
Fatima" the credit, in order to keep the people duped. It is like a
bunch of pagans bowing down and praying to a rock. If the rock never
answered a prayer, then in time they would throw the rock away, but if
"once in a while" the rock would do something for them, then they will
keep praying to the rock. Fatima is the Catholic rock, a plaster statue,
that Satan uses once in a while to fake a healing to keep the Catholics deceived
and it seems to be working, at least in your case.
Added to Bible Bulletin Board's "Tony Capoccia's Questions and
Answers" by:
Tony Capoccia
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