The Virgin Mary

When I was Catholic I was very devoted to Mary.  I never went to sleep without saying the Hail Mary, I prayed the Rosary, and I believed in the Mary apparitions that happened around the world.

In college I took a trip to Clearwater, FL to visit my grandparents and we got to see this 'miracle' of Mary appearing in the glass of an office building.  You can see the shrine that was set up for all of the people who came to see.

But the Jewish Mary of the Bible is not the same Mary that Roman Catholics adore.  Mary was not a perpetual virgin as the Catholic Catechism states:

"510 Mary "remained a virgin in conceiving her Son, a virgin in giving birth to him, a virgin in carrying him, a virgin in nursing him at her breast, always a virgin" (St. Augustine, Serm. 186, 1: PL 38, 999): with her whole being she is "the handmaid of the Lord" (Lk 1:38)." (http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p122a3p2.htm#502)

The Bible says:
 ^"And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?" (Matt 13:54)

The reason that this matters so much, is because the adoration of Mary is really worshiping the goddess that has existed since the Tower of Babel.  The Old Testament mentions the Queen of Heaven (it is not a new title given to the Virgin Mary by the church, the Queen of Heaven has demanded worship from God's people even before Jesus came).

"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." (Jer 7:18)

This female spirit has many names that have changed throughout the centuries, but she is the same: Isis, Venus, Sophia, Asherah, and many others.  

I know that if you are Catholic and you are reading this you think this is blasphemous, but consider that the Bible differs from the Catholic teaching, and only one can be right.  Please take some time to pray and watch these videos I'm listing below.  If you are adoring and praying to Mary, and it is actually against God's will because it is idolatry, then please take the time to look into this. I care about you, and I care about where your soul ends up for eternity. 

"Goddess Worship"
 

"Virgin Mary Worship Part 1"


"Virgin Mary Worship Part 2"


"Apparitions of the Virgin Mary"