Anyone can say anything they want, but that doesn't make it true.
It is NOWHERE in scripture. I know the Bible, I've read it many times, and the hail Mary is NOT in the Bible, it's only in your head, you've been brainwashed. The only thing in the Bible about this is that her womb is blessed, nothing more. Nowhere does the Bible say anything about Mary hearing you doing whatever it is you want to call it after she died. Nowhere is there an example of anyone asking Mary to intercede for them while she was alive. Nowhere does the Bible mention anything about asking someone in heaven to pray for anyone,
nowhwere.
I do read the Bible, show me one verse that says Mary can do what you claim now that she's dead.
(I keep asking this) Show one verse that says we are to do this, or can do this.
Show me where it says people that die go straight to heaven or hell.
You know what, forget it, you'll just post another bunch of verses that are not related and claim it's proof.
You posted a lot of verses, but not one backed up anything you claim. You don't understand the Bible.
Yea, sometime people will ask others to pray for them, but you make is a necessity. Nowhere is this said to be done in the Bible, nowhere does the Bible ever say to use Mary to "relay" your prayers, yet it's the biggest part of your religion, biggest part of your lives.
If you want to pray, why wouldn't you just pray to God directly as Jesus told us to do? Jesus taught us to pray to God in his sermon on the mount. "Our father", he taught us to pray directly to God. He didn't say "sometimes", or once in a while, he said
Matthew 6:9 Pray then like this, Our Father in heaven.
I think I know the answer, it's because there is no personal relationship with God, most catholics have no personal relationship, most are actually scared of God, so they feel they need someone else to pray for them, kinda like hiding behind Mary. Me, I have the Holy Spirit with me, in me, part of God with me, and I can talk to him as a friend all day long, any time, all the time, while driving, studying, riding my bike. This is something the catholic church avoids teaching, many protestant church's also avoid teaching this, you need to learn how it is to have the God with you. That is what the Holy Spirit is, part of God, with us. You don't need a dead person to intercede, because if you have the Holy Spirit, God is right here with you, feeling your pain, feeling your joys, guiding you, comforting you, listening to you, watching your accomplishments and failures. I wish everyone could understand how wonderful this is. It's my prayer that everyone gets this. You can hear his guidance, you can feel his presence, you can feel his comfort, you know he's with you.
This is the biggest message in the New Testament was for us to show Jesus in us. He said,
Revelation 3:20 'Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me." If Jesus is in you, why would you need Mary?
The more I think about it, I think that's it, the need for Mary is to fill the void Where God should be. All the time spent talking to Mary is time that should be spent with God. If Mary was alive today, she would surely be appalled by all the time people spend talking to here when they should be talking to God.
But I could be wrong...
And why would I want to have a saint pray for me when according to the Bible, I am a saint, all God's children are saints: