June 23, 2010 – Isaiah 44

One can see how if people believe that Catholics worship Mary or the Saints and put their statues throughout their churches that the Catholic Church is teaching idolatry or worse. But that is a misinterpretation of the Catholic faith, and perhaps in some cases a malicious misleading of Catholic teachings in order to lead people away. The Catholic Church puts statues and pictures of Mary and the Saints around to remind us how to live and to honor those that lived life correctly. In our house we have pictures of Mary, St. Anne, St. Benedict, and the Pope hanging in different rooms to remember how they lived or are living. Much like I have pictures of my Grandparents next to our bedroom mirror. It is not worship, it is love and respect that leads us to this. And if you think that statues were not allowed by God, when we get to the description God gave to building the temple, you will see that God instructed them to build statues of the angels.