When I was in High School, I was introduced to petitioning
to saints that supposedly answer your request for something. like St Peregrine,
the Saint for hopeless cases; St. Jude, for a partner in life, for lost
articles, for safe delivery, etc.
Or some people would
go Baclaran Church which according to some they are
faithful devotees of such church because they are being blessed by Virgin Mary (We respect Virgin Mary being the mother of GOD as human.She is the vessel for Christ, Even Mama Mary is correcting the people not to adore her, but her son, Jesus.) No matter the parish is just a stone throw away from the parishioner’s
residence.
These are deceptions of the devil to make you worship the
icons and not God. God is a spirit, so worship Him in spirit. Don’t shut your
eyes/heart to these commandment: Exodus
20:
3 “You
shall have no other gods before me.
4 “You
shall not make for yourself an image in the form
of anything in heaven above or on the earth
beneath or
in the waters below.
5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them;
for
I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing
the children for the sin of the parents to
the third and
fourth generation of those who hate me,
6 but showing love to a thousand generations of
those
who love me and keep my commandments.
Be enlightened by:
