Apparently, there’s another image in which believers are choosing to see an image of Mary. I heard one woman claim that this is a sign that Mary is always with us and that Mary had healed her of cancer.<\/p>\n
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I’ve never understood the treatment Catholics give to Mary. Many times she is treated as divine. I believe people pray to her (which indicates divinity). And the woman quoted on the TV blurb I saw claims that Mary healed her.<\/p>\n
Why? Why does Mary get credit for various “miracles”? Why doesn’t God get credit for these kinds of things in Catholicism?<\/p>\n
Well, admittedly this may be a straw man argument. I don’t know for sure that the Catholic church teaches that Mary is healing people — I just heard one woman claim that. But it does seem that many Catholics are quick to see Mary in various forms.<\/p>\n
And why is it always Mary? At best the forms that I see could be imagined to represent a figure that could be female. Why isn’t it some other historical woman? If it must be a religious or spiritual woman, why not a famous nun? Or an evil woman like the whore of Babylon in the book of Revelation? Why don’t these forms cause these people to shake in fear?<\/p>\n
Again, this may not have anything to do with Catholicism. I don’t recall the church taking any particular stand on these images. But it does seem that when an image is reported, a good number of believers will turn up to gain some kind of “spiritual high” from seeing it. More than I would normally think would go in for that kind of thing.<\/p>\n
I guess I don’t understand why anyone would want Mary to be “with them.” Isn’t a relationship with God infinitely more substantial than that? Can’t God handle any problems without Mary’s help?<\/p>\n
I’ll put my trust in God, thank you. But then again, I never see Mary in any of these images anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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