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Why Are Catholics Unable To Admit That, Yes, They Do Pray To Mary As Official Vatican Teaching Commands Them To Do?

Statues of Mary were everywhere you looked, we were taught about the many apparitions of Mary around the world, celebrated Mary on May Day, and give her the top spot in our thoughts and devotions. St. Mary’s school and Roman Catholic Church taught us these things by order of the Vatican

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Statues of Mary were everywhere you looked, we were taught about the many apparitions of Mary around the world, celebrated Mary on May Day, and gave her the top spot in our thoughts and devotions. St. Mary’s school and Roman Catholic Church taught us these things by order of the Vatican

In the interest of full disclosure, I was a Catholic for the first 30 years of my life. I was baptized as a baby, received “first holy communion”, was “confirmed”, spent 3 years as an altar boy in St. Mary’s Church in Pompton Lakes, NJ, and in total was educated in the Catholic school system for 12 long years. Part of our Catholic training was learning how to pray to the Virgin Mary. Statues of Mary were everywhere you looked, we were taught about the many apparitions of Mary around the world, celebrated Mary on May Day, and gave her the top spot in our thoughts and devotions. St. Mary’s school and Roman Catholic Church taught us these things by order of the Vatican. Every other Catholic school or church I ever visited in 30 years did likewise. So with all that being said, why am I constantly hearing Catholics denying that they pray to Mary?

“Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Acts 4:10-12 (KJV)

One reason for this, I suppose, is because prayer to anyone who is not God, who is not part of the Godhead – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – is blasphemy. So Catholics are taught to play “word games”, ala Bill Clinton, and get you debating the difference between praying to someone and simply “venerating” them. But as you will see below, this is nothing more than linguistic hogwash. Catholics absolutely do pray to Mary, and worst of all, they look to her for salvation!

“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.” Colossians 2:8,9 (KJB)

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But we shall let the words of some of the official, Vatican-approved Catholic prayers to Mary speak for themselves. There are hundreds of Catholic prayers to Mary, I just simply did a search and picked the first 4 at random. Read and decide for yourself:

The Memorare To Mary: “REMEMBER, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly to thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother; to thee do I come; before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.” source
Prayer to Our Lady of Perpetual Help: “O Mother of Perpetual Help, grant me ever to be able to call upon thy powerful name, since thy name is the help of the living and the salvation of the dying. Ah, Mary most pure, Mary most sweet, grant that thy name from this day forth may be to me the very breath of life. Dear Lady, delay not to come to my assistance whenever I call upon thee; for in all the temptations that assail me, in all the necessities that befall me, I will never leave off calling upon thee, ever repeating: Mary, Mary. What comfort, what sweetness, what confidence, what tenderness fills my soul at the sound of thy name, at the very thought of thee! I give thanks to our Lord, who for my sake hath given thee a name so sweet, so lovable, so mighty. But I am not content merely to speak thy name; I would utter it for very love of thee; it is my desire that love should ever remind me to name thee, Mother of Perpetual Help.” source
Hail, Holy Queen: “Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.” source
Prayer To Our Lady, Help Of Christians: “Most Holy Virgin Mary, Help of Christians, how sweet it is to come to your feet imploring your perpetual help. If earthly mothers cease not to remember their children, how can you, the most loving of all mothers forget me? Grant then to me, I implore you, your perpetual help in all my necessities, in every sorrow, and especially in all my temptations. I ask for your unceasing help for all who are now suffering. Help the weak, cure the sick, convert sinners. Grant through your intercessions many vocations to the religious life. Obtain for us, O Mary, Help of Christians, that having invoked you on earth we may love and eternally thank you in heaven.” source

On January 1, 2014, during the Roman Catholic Feast of the Mother of God, Pope Francis declared the following to be true about Mary:

“The Mother of the Redeemer precedes us continually and confirms us in the faith, in the vocation and in the mission. With her example of humility and of availability to the will of God, she helps us to translate our faith in a joyful announcement of the gospel without frontiers. In this way our mission will be fruitful, because it is modelled on the maternity of Mary. To her we entrust our itinerary of faith, the desires of our heart, our necessities, the needs of the whole world, especially the hunger and the thirst for justice and peace; and we invoke her all together.”

Have you ever look to see the references to the Queen of Heaven in the Bible?

So as you can clearly see, not only does the Vatican teach it’s followers to pray to Mary, they have put her in place of Jesus Christ, to provide as they say “the needs of the whole world”. They call her the “advocate”, the “redeemer”, they call her “holy”, they call her the “intercessor”, and many other titles that belong to God alone. When you read the Bible you see that Mary was “blessed among woman”, but she was not blessed above women. The Bible in no way says or implies that she was “sinless”, and in fact, she goes to the Temple to make a sin offering. Lastly, no where in the Bible does it say or imply that she can now hear prayers or answer prayers. None of that is in the Bible. But you do find this reference to the Queen of Heaven that’s pretty interesting:

“The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.” Jeremiah 7:18 (KJV)

Yikes! That’s not good…

Do Catholics pray to Mary? Absolutely. They just don’t have the guts to admit they do.

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GRAPHIC WARNING: The 2026 Super Bowl LX Will Be A Master Class In Grooming And Indoctrinating Your Children Into The LGBTQ Movement, Turn It Off

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January 24, 2026

Geoffrey Grider

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Super Bowl LX 2026 is being called the ‘gayest’ ever played, and their main target will be the indoctrination of the millions of child who will be watching, your children

By the time Super Bowl LX kicks off on February 8, 2026, Americans will not merely be watching a football game — they will once again be subjected to a carefully curated cultural sermon. The NFL, NBC, Peacock, and their corporate partners are no longer subtle about the message: America must celebrate what God condemns. Let the Gay Games begin!

“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” Isaiah 5:20 (KJB)

The increasing and intentional inclusion of LGBTQ+ performers, themes, and advertising narratives is not accidental, and it is not about “representation.” It is about redefinition — redefining morality, redefining identity, redefining truth itself. The Super Bowl has become one of the most powerful propaganda tools in the modern era, reaching over 100 million viewers in a single night, many of them families and children. This is not entertainment. This is indoctrination. The Bible warned us plainly that this day would come.

NFL Super Bowl LX 20206 Halftime Performers:

Bad Bunny – openly LGBTQIA+ queer affirming performer. Bad Bunny is planning to make his Super Bowl half-time show as queer as possible including wearing a dress, sources claim
Brandi Carlile – lesbian country singer. A proud lesbian artist and outspoken advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, Carlile has consistently used her platform to champion equality and inclusion.
Billie Joe Armstrong – bisexual singer for Green Day. Armstrong says that the 1994 song, “Coming Clean”, is about contemplating his sexuality as a teenager in San Francisco.

For decades, the NFL wrapped itself in its phony patriotism — military flyovers, flags, anthems, and slogans about “unity.” But now the mask has come off. The league has openly aligned itself with a worldview that celebrates sexual confusion, rejects God’s created order, and openly defies Scripture. Take a good look at the colors in the Super Bowl LX 2026 logo at the top of this article, and you will clearly see the same colors of the LGBTQIA flag woven throughout.

No Christian has any business watching this garbage, and no American patriot does, either. Boycott Super Bowl 2026, turn it off. #boycottbadbunny #boycottnfl @nflcommish pic.twitter.com/dYR4FB1Gjh

— Now The End Begins (@NowTheEndBegins) January 24, 2026

Make no mistake: when advertisers pay millions of dollars to push these messages during the most-watched broadcast of the year, they are not “taking a risk.” They are following the spirit of the age. And what spirit is that? Glad you asked.

“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;” 1 Timothy 4:1 (KJB)

Mark it down. It is the duty of every Christian to discern the spirit of the age that they find themselves in, and to stand against it. Christians are meant to be salt – a cleanser and irritant – and light, to a lost and dying world. Don’t just ‘not watch’ the demonic Halftime Show, turn the entire thing off and go open your King James Bible and spend the same amount of time that you would have wasted watching football in the study of God’s preserved word. Your spirit will thank you for it.

This is not about individual performers, and it is not about personal feelings. Scripture commands us to love people — but it never commands us to affirm sin. What we are witnessing is the normalization of rebellion against God, packaged in bright lights, celebrity worship, and billion-dollar branding.

The NFL does not want neutrality.
The networks do not want tolerance.
The advertisers do not want coexistence.

They want celebration. And celebration is endorsement.

Super Bowl Sunday has quietly become one of America’s most effective altars — not to God, but to self, identity, and defiance. That is why believers should not be surprised, shocked, or confused. We were warned. This is exactly what an end-times culture looks like when a nation abandons biblical truth.

“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:15 (KJB)

The question for Bible believers is not whether the Super Bowl has changed — it has. The real question is whether Christians will continue to sit silently, excuse it as “just entertainment,” and allow their children to be discipled by corporations with agenda instead of Scripture.

The world is choosing its side openly now. So must we. I turned the NFL off back in 2017, come join me.

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After Backing Down On His Pledge To Defend Iranian Protestors, President ‘TACO’ Trump Sends The USS Abraham Lincoln And Three Destroyers To Middle East

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January 24, 2026

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President TACO has sent the USS Abraham Lincoln to the Middle East, will he finally keep his promise to the Iranian people and help them topple regime?

A senior Iranian official stated that Iran will treat any attack “as an all-out war against us,” on Friday, ahead of the arrival of a United States military aircraft carrier strike group and other assets in the Middle East region, which is expected in the coming days. “This military buildup – we hope it is not intended for real confrontation – but our military is ready for the worst-case scenario. This is why everything is on high alert in Iran,” said the senior Iranian official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

“Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.” Jeremiah 49:35 (KJB)

Donald Trump promised the hundreds of thousands of Iranian protestors that he would launch airstrikes on the regime if mass killings began, and that is one of the main reasons why the Iranian had the courage to stand up for their freedom. Then the regime turned off the internet, the mass killings began, but the TACO president did not launch the strikes he promised. Proof of the mass deaths are easily found on social media, and someone as internet savvy as Trump could easily find that proof. So now he has ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln to the region, and only time will tell if he will actually keep his promise to the Iranian people.

The USS Abraham Lincoln is arriving in the Middle East

FROM WSLS NEWS 10: The Pentagon has been sending U.S. military assets into the Middle East this week, including an aircraft carrier group and its thousands of troops, as President Donald Trump indicates he is maintaining the possibility of strikes on Iran amid its crackdown on protests.

“We have a massive fleet heading in that direction, and maybe we won’t have to use it,” Trump told reporters Thursday, saying they were going “just in case.”

Trump has threatened military action if Iran carried out mass executions of prisoners or killed peaceful demonstrators, but he recently backed away, claiming Iran halted the hangings of 800 detained protesters. He has not elaborated on the source of the claim, which Iran’s top prosecutor called “completely false.”

However, Trump appears to be keeping his options open, saying Thursday aboard Air Force One that his threatened military action would make last year’s U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites “look like peanuts” if the government proceeded with planned executions of some protesters.

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and three accompanying destroyers left the South China Sea and began heading west earlier this week, a Navy official said. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss military movements, said Friday that the Lincoln strike group was in the Indian Ocean.

When they arrive in the region, those warships would join three littoral combat ships, which were in port in Bahrain on Friday, as well as two other U.S. Navy destroyers, which were at sea in the Persian Gulf.

The arrival of the carrier strike group would bring roughly 5,700 additional service members. The U.S. has several bases in the Middle East, including Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which hosts thousands of American troops and is the forward headquarters for U.S. Central Command. READ MORE

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NTEB PROPHECY NEWS UPDATE: Is The Man Of Sin About To Be Revealed As The World Watches Donald Trump And Jared Kushner Create The Board Of Peace?

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January 23, 2026

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Are we about to see the man of sin revealed now that Donald Trump and Jared Kushner have created the ‘Board of Peace’ in Gaza? We have never been this close before

For nearly two thousand years, the Church Age has watched, waited, and wondered when the figure the Apostle Paul calls “that man of sin” would finally step onto the world stage. Today, as global instability accelerates and Israel once again becomes the centerpiece of international diplomacy, the pieces are moving into place with stunning clarity. We are watching Donald Trump and Jared Kushner create the Gaza Board of Peace and we just have to ask, is the man of sin about to finally be revealed?

“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 (KJB)

On this episode of the Prophecy News Podcast, when Donald Trump first entered the White House, few could have imagined that his administration would become the most aggressively pro-Israel presidency in modern American history. Jerusalem was recognized as Israel’s capital, the U.S. Embassy was moved, the Abraham Accords were signed, and now—through Jared Kushner and a growing coalition of global power brokers—we are watching the formation of what is now the signed, sealed and delivered Gaza ‘Board of Peace’. This is not accidental. Nor is it politically insignificant. The Bible tells us plainly that the Antichrist does not rise first as a tyrant, but as a peacemaker. Before he desecrates the Temple, before he demands worship, before he reveals his true nature, he must first be revealed. And Scripture shows us exactly how that revelation begins. On the Podcast today, we “go there” as we ask one searingly important question, and that is simply this. Now that Donald Trump and Jared Kushner have officially installed a global ‘peace board’ of Israel’s enemies, is the biblical man of sin about to be revealed? In over 3,000 Podcasts that we have done over the years, we have never been this close to that actually happening. Welcome to Day 2,139 of 15 Days To Flatten The Curve!

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