“O Mother of Perpetual Help, thou art the dispenser of every grace that God grants us in our misery; it is for this cause that He hath made thee so powerful, so rich, so kind, that thou mightest assist us in our miseries. Thou art the advocate of the most wretched and abandoned sinners, if they but come unto thee; come once more to my assistance, for I commend myself to thee. In thy hands I place my eternal salvation; to thee I entrust my soul. Enroll me among thy most faithful servants; take me under thy protection and it is enough for me: yes, for if thou protect me, I shall fear nothing; not my sins, for thou wilt obtain for me their pardon and remission; not the evil spirits, for thou art mightier than all the powers of hell; not even Jesus, my Judge, for He is appeased by a single prayer from thee. I fear only that through my own negligence I may forget to recommend myself to thee and so I shall be lost. My dear Lady, obtain for me the forgiveness of my sins, love for Jesus, final perseverance and the grace to have recourse to thee at all times, O Mother of Perpetual Help.” Prayer to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
We are always told that catholics are trusting in Jesus for their salvation but that they only honor Mary. We are told that they don’t see Mary as greater than Christ but that they honor Christ by honoring Mary. From the prayer we have just seen this is a lie. They call Mary not Jesus the dispenser of God’s grace, they say that God made her powerful to help us and yet Jesus said, “All power is given unto me.” The prayer says Mary is the Advocate of sinners and yet Scripture ascribes that position to Jesus as well. The prayer says, “I commend myself to thee.” Not to Jesus but to Mary.
The prayer goes on to say that in her hands we place our eternal salvation, not in the hands of Jesus. The prayer says that Mary protects us and with her protecting us we will fear nothing. Does Christ not want to protect us? Should we still fear if we ask Him for protection? It says we won’t fear our sins because she not Jesus obtains pardon and remission of sins.It goes on to say that she is mightier than all the powers of hell even though Jesus claims to have the keys of hell. It goes even further into blasphemy by saying we won’t even fear Jesus because He is appeased by one prayer from her. Wow!! To say that Jesus is mean and angry and we should be afraid of Him unless His good sweet kindhearted mother calms Him down. They see her as nicer than Jesus.
The prayer goes on to say that if we don’t recommend ourselves to her we will be lost. It then asks Mary to obtain the forgiveness of our sins even though Scripture clearly says “whosovever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” It even says that she gives us final perseverance even though Scripture says it is Jesus who is able to keep us from falling. The answer is clear, the Roman superstition teaches that salvation is found not in Jesus Christ but in Mary.
The Gospel Beacon 