Is saying the hail mary idolatry?

Huh? Since when is repeating Scripture idolatry? God bless!

In Christ
Fr. Joseph

So...when an angel says Hail, it's o-k; but when a human says Hail, it's idolatry?

I think you could get the Nobel Prize for that discovery.

Their is nothing wrong with praying the Hail Mary or using her in a intercessory prayer for all in the Hail Mary is in the Bible. Just do not worship her personally.

No its not idolatry, the first part of it is in the Bible check in the book of Luke:
Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women.

To honor Our Lord's Mother, who sacrificed everything to fulfill prophecy is a good and
upright thing. You might want to read more about your faith at :
http://www.catholicscomehome.org
or
http://www.wordonfire.org
Father Barron has all sorts of You Tube videos and I am sure there is one on Mary
http://www.catholicismseries.com/watch

Well, your first mistake is this "christians/catholics" That is bad terminology. It's like saying "horses/animals" How can you be a Catholic and not know you ARE a Christian? Catholics are, by dictionary definition, a type of Christian. As for your question, don't listen to the idiots saying "IDOLATRY". The hail Mary is actually in the Gospel as others have proven. Also "nowhere in the Bible... etc." is a terrible argument. The Bible nowhere instructs us to use the internet either, or drive cars, but i'm sure these bible-believing "Christians" have no problem with that. In fact, nowhere in the Bible does it even say "Bible"! (Except for on the front cover of course.) Luke 1:28, Luke 1:41, Luke 1:42, Luke 1:43, James 5:16. Remember, you are not praying to Mary, you are asking her to pray to you. The prayer's last line is "pray for us sinners" right? Even if we were worshiping Mary (and we're not), it would not be idolatry since that involves worship of non-living things. The reason we call her "mother of God" is because she gave birth to Jesus, who IS God. She is full of grace as the Bible says: Luke 1:28. And by the way, "hail" is not a worship word. Back then, and in the Middle Ages, and even today in other countries, "Hail" is a way of saying "hello."

No, it is not idolatry.

We don't worship Mary.

Catholics are Christian.



lorddog
Picking and choosing verses, eh?



Luke 11:27 And it came to pass, as he spoke these things, a certain woman from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him: Blessed is the womb that bore thee and the paps that gave thee suck.

While our Lord was successfully engaged in refuting the blasphemous calumnies of the Pharisees, a woman in the crowd, admiring our Redeemer’s language and miracles, and, probably, under the influence of some divine instinct, raising her voice, cried out, Blessed is the womb, ( which simply means, blessed is the mother that gave you birth).
It may be, she was divinely enlightened in regard to His Incarnation, and, like the Angel, who announced it, and Elizabeth who congratulated His Mother upon it this woman proclaimed her blessed among women, as did the Virgin herself, when, under the influence of inspiration, she cried out, Behold, from henceforward, all generations shall call me Blessed.
But whether the woman in question was enlightened as to the mystery of our Lord’s Incarnation, or only spoke from a natural admiration of our Lord’s words, and wonderful deeds, she meant to eulogize our Lord Himself, since it is, on account of giving birth to so wonderful a man, she regarded His mother as blessed.

Luke 11:28 But he said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it.

Yea, as if He said, without denying this, which would be denying the truth, as His mother had been pronounced Blessed, in several instances , or without asserting and confirming it which would be praising Himself and His Blessed Mother; this may be but, rather blessed are they.
The idea conveyed here is the same as in St Matthew 12:50. Our Lord, while giving a preference to spiritual relationship, founded on faith and grace, and on the observance of God’s Commandments, over carnal relationship, includes in this latter respect His Blessed Mother, who far excelled in sanctity, and correspondence with divine grace, all the rest of creation together.
He gives a preference to spiritual relationship; because, it was more general. It was not confined only to one, but it extended to all.
He does not deny the felicity of of her who gave Him birth in the flesh; but it was more on account of having first spiritually conceived and begotten Him, by grace and faith in her heart, than on account of having given Him birth in the flesh, she was happy
He extends this felicity farther, to those who hear his word.
This is not sufficient; they must observe and keep it, carry it out in practice, in word and deed

Fool, you are quoting scripture when you say that, Look in Luke, those are the words of the angel to Mary.

No. It comes from the Gospel according to St. Luke, chapter 1.

Worshiping or praying to anything other than their god is indeed idolatry. I have always wondered why the call everyone else names but fail to see their own flawed faiths.

The catholic teaching is a false religion. Mary worship is sin. The Bible says, there is no queen in heaven Jer. 7:18 Jer. 44:16-25 Mary even called Jesus her savior also. Luke 1: 46-47. You cannot pray to saints either. The Bible forbids it. Praying to the dead is wrong. Run from the cultic catholic church and find a true Bible teaching Church