Re: Clarification on Mother Mary - third reply

Dead - I think that's semantics. My point being is that our loved ones are watching us from Heaven, and hope that we do well. But our loved ones do not have the ability to save us from our sins. Mary is in Heaven more than likely, however, being a person, and not divine or God, she can only do so much for us on earth just as our loved ones in Heaven can do for.

Mary has a very big role in the Bible, but we cannot get misdirected, and not  "lean on our own understandings" (Book of Psalms). Our salvation is through Jesus only.

I went to the website that you linked. Question: Where in the Bible does it say we  go to Purgatory

["The Communion of Saints," used to describe the concept of the Mystical Body of Christ (His Church) being made of three parts: the Church Militant (Christians on earth); the Church Suffering (Christians who are being cleansed in Purgatory before they stand before Almighty God), the Church Triumphant (Christians in Heaven). ]
from the website:

http://www.kensmen.com/catholic/saints.html

(Not only that but it calls the Church a Mystical Body.  The church is real. But I digress)

Blessings,

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