TOPIC: "HAIL MARY" DAY 1

Why do Catholics worship Mary?
We don't.  We merely honor her. Jesus honored his mother, and so do we.

 

Well, then . . . what is all that Hail Mary stuff?
It is a wonderful prayer that all comes from Scripture

How the Hail Mary Prayer Came to Be  -- 4 Point Reminders

A) Luke 1:28  Hail Mary, Full of grace. The Lord is with thee

B) Luke 1:41, 42  Blessed art thou amongst women & blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

C) Luke 1:43  Holy Mary, Mother of God. Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen

D) John 20:28  God = The Lord

The Hail Mary prayer derives from two verses in Saint Luke's Gospel: "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee" 

and 

"Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb." 

The last part that we pray, 
"Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death," is not in Scripture. Although it is not a quote from Scripture, this is an ending that makes sense in this prayer.
• Remember that Elizabeth says, "How is it that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?" 
•  John (20:28) clearly states that God = Lord.
• Thus Elizabeth acknowledges that Mary is the mother of God . . . and we are simply asking her to pray for us.

Who added this last sentence to the prayer?
This is an interesting Catholic side question.
 
The Dominicans and Jesuits have to fight this one out. 

Girolamo Savonarola

On the Dominican side, Girolamo Savonarola that ascetic Florentine Dominican priest who was burned at the stake is sometimes credited as including the words, "Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death."

On the other side, the Jesuits claim that the last part of the Hail Mary was officially added by Saint Peter Canisius, a Doctor of the Church.

Regardless of where and when this last sentence came from, it was officially made a part of the "Hail Mary" in 1566 when it was printed in the form we have it today in the Roman Catechism of the Council of Trent.

If you benefited from this post, please say a Hail Mary for me!
Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for the CIA!


Taylor Marshall SOURCE: http://cantuar.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-hail-mary-prayer-came-to-be.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+taylormarshall+%28Canterbury+Tales+by+Taylor+Marshall%29

TOPIC: EUCHARIST DAY 1

A) Simple Question:  What is the difference between the Catholic and the Protestant belief about communion? 

Simple Answer 
• Catholics believe that communion is the literally Body and Blood of Christ.
• Virtually all of (the over 30,000) Protestant denominations believe that Eucharist is only a symbol. 
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B) Simple Questions: How can you defend that? Where is that in the Bible? 

Simple Answer 
1) In John 6  (which Catholics call the Bread of Life Discourse)
Christ says it is His Real Body and Blood over 5X

2) This is NOT the language of symbolism

3) Many walked away because it "was too hard"

Jesus did not tell those who walked away to come back.
He did not tell them they misunderstood and it was just a symbol (c.s.*)

4) He turned to his 12 Apostles and asked if they wanted to go, too . . . . .

Peter said, “Master, to whom shall we go. You have the words of Eternal Life.

LAGNIAPPE:  You could add:

the chapter and verse: John 6:66 to “Many walked away b/c it was too hard.”

(c.s.* = common sense)

Hand symbol hints:
1) hold up six fingers
2) Cut sign at throat (NOT the language of . . . )
3) two fingers walking away
4) use hand to turn your own head @ chin

sources:
• Bible
• CCC 
• Beginner Apologetics 1
How to Explain and Defend the Catholic Faith pgs 7,8
authors: Father Frank Chacon and Jim Burnham



LAGNIAPPE: 

1 Corinthians  Chapter 11 
St. Paul said:
26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.
27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord.
28 A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup. 
29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself.