Marian Images

Candy loves to post images of alleged Marian worship. She especially likes the image of Mary with the nail marks in her hands. She specifically points it out in the beginning of her article.

The thing is, that is not a Catholic image. I have only seen that image on fundamentalist sites such as Jesus Is Lord. If anyone can point me to a Catholic site using it, please post in the comments. I believe the stars on Mary's veil are closest to the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, but it is not the same image.



There are many images of Mary which a Catholic would recognize as common depictions. None of them include nail marks in the hands of Mary. This image is simply an exaggeration, intending to prove the point of Catholic Mary worship.




Mary has long been honored in the Catholic tradition for her sufferings, but her sufferings are not the same as those of Jesus. The sufferings of Mary are known as the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. They are not physical sorrows, but mental ones.

The Prophecy of Simeon
The Flight into Egypt
The Loss of Jesus in the Temple
The Meeting of Jesus and Mary on the Way of the Cross
The Crucifixion
The Taking Down of the Body of Jesus from the Cross
Jesus laid in the Tomb





Mary says that her soul magnifies the glory of the Lord, and the Seven Sorrows of Mary illustrate that. As in any Marian devotion, it draws us to Jesus. The sorrows of Mary take us through Jesus' life and death. Seeing them through the eyes of His mother give us new insight into His suffering and death. Who would want to be killed before their mother?

The Catholic Mary does not seek to replace Jesus, or to be another saviour. She only seeks to draw us to her Son. She wants us to "Do whatever He tells you."

Back In The Saddle Again

New readers to Candy's blog (which is looking more like a blog and less like a website every day) might wonder why Candy didn't have time to elaborate on her Titus 2 Notebook idea yesterday, but has an extremely long article on the rapture up today. Which would be more of a help to a homemaker? However, long-time readers will recognize that this is a recycling of several of her previously written articles. She had done a little editing, though.

First, the disclaimer is quite new. Candy says:

DISCLAIMER: I most certainly am not inerrant. The following article is just what I've so far found from my personal Bible studies...

This is quite a departure from Candy's normal lack of humility on Biblical interpretation. For example, in a letter to the pastor of an IFB church, she wrote:

I learned about proper doctrine from none other but the Bible. I've read through the Bible over 18 times (KJV). I didn't learn doctrine from church, religious upbringing, or other forms of religious teaching. I never went to church until at the age of 17, when I got saved. I refuse to believe man, unless that man be Christ Himself. I fancy myself to be like a Berean; I test everything against scripture. Since I have no previous religious teaching, I have an advantage. I don't have specific doctrines taught to me by man, but only what I got from the Bible.

Kudos to Candy for the change. Half of our disagreements with Candy stem from her habit of insisting that everything she writes is FACT! and not her personal opinion.

Now, she does recycle this tired old bit of "truth":

I dare say that some religions worship Semiramis and Baal under the names Mary and Jesus. You can tell the false Mary and Jesus from the real ones, via the way the people worship. For example, are they bowing down to statues and figurines of Mary? Are these people praying to Mary as the "mediatrix," instead of to God, in Jesus' name? Jesus is the one and only Mediator - 1 Timothy 2:5.

I guess she still hasn't gotten around to reading our Something About Mary article which would clear up her confusion about Mary's role as mediatrix.

Further down, she discusses the Middle Eastern peace treaty, the abomination of desolation, and the antichrist. Notice the utter lack of reference to the Catholic Church (though it is alluded to in some of the previous paragraphs):

The "he" that will plant the tabernacle of his palace in the glorious holy mountain is the antichrist. This is mentioning the same thing as Daniel 9:27, which is called the "abomination of desolation," elsewhere in scripture. The "trouble" (AKA Jacob's Trouble) is mentioned as happening after the palace is planted in the glorious mountain. Hence, we see that the time being discussed in the above passage is again the middle of the tribulation/peace treaty.

Contrast this with some of her previous statements:

(October 2008)
Russia has laid out the introduction. They have made the way open for the Pope to step in and be the ecumenical, council of religions "hero."

And, of course, the Pope needs to get in on the action, because the Roman Catholic ecumenical church will likely be the head of the whore:

"The Pope's leading of the Supplication of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary, a prayer written by Blessed Bartolo Longo (1841-1926) was one of the high points of this 12th pastoral trip in Italy.

'We implore you to have pity today on the nations that have gone astray, on all Europe, on the whole world, that they might repent and return to your [Mary's] heart,' the text of the prayer reads.

(April 2008)
I recently finished reading the Bible again. Every time through, I'm just shocked when I read Revelation chapter 17. Who/what could that chapter be discussing?

The Whore of Babylon sits over a city. That city sits atop 7 hills, and is under a strong religious influence. There is only one city that fits this description, and that is Rome.

We also read of the Whore (the religious system) being drunk on the blood of saints (the Bible tells us that another word for Christian is saint). Certainly many Christians have been killed from Muslims, but more so from the Roman Catholic Church. For example, Pope Innocent killed 70,000 Christians in one day, - that is more than all of the Caesars of Rome put together.

During the Inquisition and burnings, Christians were killed because they refused to convert to Roman Catholicism. This is not Christian or Christ like. Christ said that after you've told someone the Gospel message, if they don't accept it, you are to just shake the dust off of your feet and move on. To see an example of historical religious killings, by Roman Catholics killing Christians, watch the movie Elizabeth (the first one is the best). . .

This is another reason why Roman Catholicism sounds like it's the Whore of Babylon. What other religion out there is VERY big, has a foothold in most nations, proclaims itself to be Christian, yet teaches doctrines at enmity with the Bible, and has real Christians within it, that need to "come out of her?" I only know of one religion that fits the bill, and that is Roman Catholicism.

(July 2007)
The new Pope (Vicar of Christ - the Greek roots of 'vicar' is "ante", AKA Greek Vicar of Christ = antichrist) proclaimed the other day that you are saved ONLY by being a member of the Roman Catholic church. Of course, anyone who has read his or her Bible knows that that is not true.

Well, I could keep quoting Candy saying that the Catholic Church is the Whore of Babylon and the Pope is the Antichrist all day, but my baby will be awake soon, so I'll stop there. My point is, she DIDN'T say that this time, and she easily could have. I could have seen this on any number of fundamentalist homemaker sites, and while it isn't correct, it isn't as over the top as Candy normally is.

Now that I've said that, she'll probably bring out her big guns, but Candy, don't take it as a personal challenge. It isn't. It's me saying, good job learning from your mistakes. I don't agree with your theology, but thanks for toning down the personal attacks.

With so much going on in the country and the world right now, Candy seems to be fretting a lot in her Oklahoma trailer about...the Catholics? She has a huge rambling post about the evils of Catholicism again.


I, on the other hand, have a life. So I don't have time to get into all of her points (again). This weekend. One of my son's is having a big 16th birthday bash tonight! On the other hand I'm sure Kelly and her little guy are just enjoying their babymoon! So in the spirit of having better things to do with our lives, I hope that those of you looking for rebuttals to Candy Brauer's post today at keepingthehome.com (Keeping The Home) will settle for a few reruns! I'll try to keep them going during the weekend.


There is no need for any religious Church "Masses:

Jesus said to keep the sabbath day holy and that if you love Him you will keep His commandments. Attending mass every week is the "Catholic way" of doing what Jesus said.

Catechism Catholic Church:
2042 The first precept ("You shall attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation and rest from servile labor") requires the faithful to sanctify the day commemorating the Resurrection of the Lord as well as the principal liturgical feasts honoring the Mysteries of the Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the saints; in the first place, by participating in the Eucharistic celebration, in which the Christian community is gathered, and by resting from those works and activities which could impede such a sanctification of these days.

Priests of any kind are now obsolete, and NOT needed:


Someone should have told Jesus and the apostles! Because not only did Jesus designate the apostles specifically to keep his ministry going, they also "ordained" others to help them!

Catechism Catholic Church:
1536 Holy Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised in the Church until the end of time: thus it is the sacrament of apostolic ministry. It includes three degrees: episcopate, presbyterate, and diaconate.


We have one mediator, and one mediator only, and that is Jesus Christ:
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; -1 Timothy 2:5

Catechism Catholic Church
The one priesthood of Christ
1544 Everything that the priesthood of the Old Covenant prefigured finds its fulfillment in Christ Jesus, the "one mediator between God and men."¹⁵ The Christian tradition considers Melchizedek, "priest of God Most High," as a prefiguration of the priesthood of Christ, the unique "high priest after the order of Melchizedek";¹⁶ "holy, blameless, unstained,"¹⁷ "by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified,"¹⁸ that is, by the unique sacrifice of the cross.
1545 The redemptive sacrifice of Christ is unique, accomplished once for all; yet it is made present in the Eucharistic sacrifice of the Church. The same is true of the one priesthood of Christ; it is made present through the ministerial priesthood without diminishing the uniqueness of Christ's priesthood: "Only Christ is the true priest, the others being only his ministers."¹⁹
Two participations in the one priesthood of Christ
1546 Christ, high priest and unique mediator, has made of the Church "a kingdom, priests for his God and Father."²⁰ The whole community of believers is, as such, priestly. The faithful exercise their baptismal priesthood through their participation, each according to his own vocation, in Christ's mission as priest, prophet, and king. Through the sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation the faithful are "consecrated to be . . . a holy priesthood."²¹
1547 The ministerial or hierarchical priesthood of bishops and priests, and the common priesthood of all the faithful participate, "each in its own proper way, in the one priesthood of Christ." While being "ordered one to another," they differ essentially.²² In what sense? While the common priesthood of the faithful is exercised by the unfolding of baptismal grace --a life of faith, hope, and charity, a life according to the Spirit--, the ministerial priesthood is at the service of the common priesthood. It is directed at the unfolding of the baptismal grace of all Christians. The ministerial priesthood is a means by which Christ unceasingly builds up and leads his Church. For this reason it is transmitted by its own sacrament, the sacrament of Holy Orders.




There is no canonization process or church you have to go to or through to become a saint of God.
On Canonization - we've been there, done that. But because of invincible ignorance our rebuttals have never been acknowledged or addressed.  Nonetheless, it's part of our Vatican Vs. God rebuttal and you can read it here. Kelly also takes on the topic here.


We don't have to eat any Eucharist wafer, and think that we are eating Jesus in the form of a wafer. Where is Jesus Christ

We, SO HIT THIS OUT OF THE BALL PARK here.

Yes, the ancient Babylonians believed in a woman who procalimed herself a virgin, in whose husband (Nimrod, from Genesis) died. The woman claimed to be a virgin, and delivered a baby, which she taught was Nimrod come back from the dead. 

Thus, to become a saint involves no works or rituals - AT ALL. This is why Jesus said - It Is Finished


Mary and pagan stuff is here.

And now a personal note to Candy. I know you read here Candy. I know you're ticked that we show up so well in Google for people looking for your blog!  But really, can you give us some new material?  Thanks a bunch!