Calling on the name of the Lord

[RMDY]

Isn't calling upon the name of the Lord an act of worship?

 

[Rhamiel]

ofcourse brother
blessed be the name of the Lord

 

[RMDY]

That would mean that calling upon the name of Mary and the saints would be an act of worship too I reckon. My two cents. I won't say anymore.

 

[MoNiCa4316]

I think it's strange how non Catholics don't believe us when we say that we don't worship Our Lady or the Saints. Surely we know what we ourselves believe?

 

[QuantaCura]

I call on all sorts of people. If I'm working on a big project I may call out "hey Bob, help me with this!" Or if I fall overboard off a ship, I may cry out "First-mate Joe, save me! throw me a life raft!" None of this derogates from the adoration given to God.

Yes, calling on the Mother of God and the Saints is not quite the same as the above, but it is way, way, way more comparable to that than it is to the adoration due to God.

Ultimately, the act of latria given to God is Sacrifice--the Eucharistic Sacrifice is foremost, but also we offer ourselves as "living sacrifices" to God as our ultimate end. We may even offer ourselves to the Blessed Virgin with the intention that she ultimately offers us to God--in those cases, God is still the ultimate object of adoration, not the Saint.

 

[Winter]

"calling upon the name of Mary ...." ----- you think that is worship?

So if I "called" you to ask you to pray for me, are you saying that I would be worshiping you?

Everytime we say "hail Mary" its more like "hey Mary" can you pray for us. If I said, "hey RMDY" can you pray for me - do you think I'd be worshiping you?