Mary does not have the power to answer prayers on her own; God alone has that power. Prayers to Mary are asking for her intercessory help. Since Mary is already in Heaven, she will know better than we how to offer praise and prayer to God. When people pray to the Blessed Mother they are asking her in turn to offer the same prayer for them to God. When Mary and the saints were on earth, they cooperated with God to do good for others; so now from their place in Heaven they continue to cooperate with God by doing good for others who are in need on earth and in Purgatory. Questions about references in the Gospels to the brothers and sisters of Jesus. From the earliest days of the Church, Mary has been revered as ever-virgin; she was a virgin birth and remained a before Jesus’ virgin afterward. It is not clear who the and “brothers sisters” of Jesus are. At the time Jesus lived, the and also designation “brother sister” referred to cousins and sometimes even close neighbors.
Mary does not have the power to answer prayers on her own; God alone has that power. Prayers to Mary are asking for her intercessory help. Since Mary is already in Heaven, she will know better than we how to offer praise and prayer to God. When people pray to the Blessed Mother they are asking her in turn to offer the same prayer for them to God. When Mary and the saints were on earth, they cooperated with God to do good for others; so now from their place in Heaven they continue to cooperate with God by doing good for others who are in need on earth and in Purgatory. Questions about references in the Gospels to the brothers and sisters of Jesus. From the earliest days of the Church, Mary has been revered as ever-virgin; she was a virgin before Jesus’ birth and remained a virgin afterward. It is not clear who the “brothers and sisters” of Jesus are. At the time Jesus lived, the designation “brother and sister” also referred to cousins and sometimes even close neighbors.
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