Mary is...DEAD.....and prayers to her do NO GOOD.
1Tim 6:15-6 says only GOD has immortality at this time.
John 3:16 | KJV | For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.
2 Corinthians 5:8 | KJV | We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be
absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord
Philippians 1:23-24 | KJV | For I am in a strait betwixt two,
having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
Yes, Mary is dead in the sense that her soul is separated from her body, but the three verses above support the idea that the human souls themselves are still conscious, alive, and immortal after separation from the body.
Phil 2:27 shows a man that was sick night unto death and God had mercy and let him live. If death was a gateway to life then no mercy was needed.
Philippians 1:23-24 | KJV | For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
Although St. Paul desired to be with Jesus in Heaven, he knew that others needed him. In the same sense, while the healing of the sick man meant he would have to continue and endure the harsh life on earth, it also meant he could continue to do good deeds and lead others to Christ. Therefore, mercy was needed not only to ease the sick man's suffering but to help others.
Also, like St. Paul said about the sick man:
Philippians 2:27 | KJV | For indeed he was sick nigh unto death:
but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
Angels are SERVANTS of God and we do NOT pray to angels.
Why not? When someone prays to angels, it's not as if we're asking the angels to use their own powers to solve our problems; rather, we are asking the angels to ask God to help us.
One prayer I heard said Jesus was endowed with super-human intelligence. GOOD GRIEF! Jesus was God Himself!
Jesus has two natures: human and Divine (or God). The Divine nature possesses omniscience, but the human nature has finite knowledge like you and me; however, His human nature's knowledge was enhanced through beatific vision. How the intellects of the two natures intermingle is unknown to theologians.
Luke 2:52 | KJV | And
Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
This supports the idea that Jesus, in His human nature, has finite knowledge. In conclusion, it's very appropriate to say that He was endowed with super-human intelligence.
Whether others like it or not, you do have a point there. The rosary is supposed by its users to have been given to St. Dominic by the Virgin Mary, but the prayers appointed to be prayed on the rosary have changed over the years, so it's not as though there's anything eternal or graven in stone about them.
The Rosary is a private devotion, and therefore, was never intended to be set in stone; in fact, Mary changed the Rosary herself with the addition of the Fatima prayer.
What's more, it's undeniable that most who pray the rosary speed through the beads and prayers as quickly as possible, in a monotone. So the idea that this is free of any degree of "vain repetitiousness" is not to be taken seriously.
Most? I'm not sure about that, but some people probably do say it in vain. Also, saying it in a monotone voice doesn't really change anything. It probably helps many people focus.
