Answer:
While
much
of
what
the
prayer
of
the
rosary
contains
is
scriptural,
the
whole
second
half
of
the
“Hail
Mary”
and
portions
of
the
“Hail,
Holy
Queen”
are
blatantly
unbiblical.
While
the
first
part
of
the
Hail
Mary
is
almost
a
direct
quotation
from
Luke
1:28.
there
is
no
scriptural
basis
for
(1)
praying
to
Mary
now,
(2)
addressing
her
as
“holy”
Mary,
or
(3)
calling
her
“our
life”
and
“our
hope.”
Is
it
right
to
call
Mary
“holy,”
by
which
the
Catholic
Church
means
that
Mary
never
sinned
nor
had
any
taint
of
original
sin?
The
believers
in
the
Bible
were
called
“saints”
which
can
be
interpreted
as
“set
apart
ones”
or
“holy
ones,”
but
the
understanding
of
Scripture
is
that
the
righteousness
that
believers
in
Christ
have
is
an
imparted
righteousness
from
Christ
(2
Corinthians
5:21)
and
that
while
in
this
life,
they
are
not
yet
sanctified
from
sin
in
practice
(1
John
1:9-2:1).
Jesus
is
called
our
Savior
repeatedly
in
Scripture
because
He
saved
us
from
our
sin.
In
Luke
1:47,
Mary
calls
God
her
“Savior.”
Savior
from
what?
A
sinless
person
does
not
need
a
Savior.
Sinner’s
need
a
Savior.
Mary
acknowledged
that
God
was
her
Savior.
Therefore,
Mary
was
acknowledging
that
she
was
a
sinner.
Jesus
said
that
He
came
to
save
us
from
our
sins
(Matthew
1:21).
The
Roman
Catholic
Church
claims
that
Mary
was
saved
from
sin
differently
than
everyone
else...that
she
was
saved
from
sin
through
the
immaculate
conception
(her
being
conceived
free
of
sin).
But
is
this
teaching
scriptural?
The
Roman
Catholic
church
openly
admits
that
this
teaching
is
not
found
in
Scripture.
When
a
young
man
addressed
Jesus
as
“good
Master”
(Matthew
19:16-17),
Jesus
asks
why
he
calls
Him
“good”
since
there
is
none
good
but
one,
God.
Jesus
was
not
denying
His
own
deity,
He
was
trying
to
make
the
young
man
aware
that
he
was
using
the
term
too
loosely
without
thinking
about
what
he
was
saying.
But
Jesus’
point
is
still
valid
or
He
would
not
have
said
it...there
is
none
good
but
God.
This
excludes
all
but
God,
including
Mary!
This
ties
in
with
Romans
3:10-23,
Romans
5:12,
and
countless
other
passages
that
stress
the
fact
that
in
God’s
eyes
no
one
measures
up.
Never
is
Mary
ever
excluded
from
such
all
encompassing
statements!
If
Mary
had
been
preserved
from
the
stain
of
sin,
she
would
not
have
needed
a
Savior,
as
she
proclaimed
that
she
did
(Luke
1:47).
What
of
the
question
of
praying
to
Mary
or
to
anyone
else
besides
God?
We
are
never
told
in
the
Bible
whether
anyone
else
in
heaven
can
even
hear
us.
We
do
know
that
God
alone
is
all-knowing,
all-powerful,
and
all-present.
Even
the
angels,
with
whatever
great
abilities
they
may
have,
seem
to
have
their
limitations
and
can’t
always
make
it
to
help
us
as
they
might
like
(Daniel
10:10-14).
When
Jesus
taught
his
disciples
to
pray,
He
gave
them
what
is
commonly
called
the
“Our,
Father.”
He
teaches
us
to
address
our
prayer
to
God.
Whenever
prayer
is
addressed
to
anyone,
it
is
done
to
God!
Never
can
you
find
a
single
example
of
someone
praying
a
prayer
to
any
“saint”
or
angel
or
anyone
else
(besides
prayers
to
false
gods).
Further,
any
time
that
any
pious
person
prostrates
himself
(in
a
religious
setting)
to
honor
someone
else
besides
God
(chiefly
to
the
apostles
or
angels),
they
are
told
to
get
up,
to
stop
it
(Acts
10:25-26;
Acts
14:13-16;
Matthew
4:10;
Revelation
19:10;
Revelation
22:8-9).
The
Roman
Catholic
Church
states
that
it
worships
God
alone
but
that
they
“venerate”
Mary
and
the
saints.
What
is
the
difference?
A
person
praying
the
rosary
spends
more
time
calling
out
to
Mary
than
to
God!
For
every
one
praise
of
God
in
the
Rosary,
there
are
10
praises
of
Mary!
The
Bible
states
that
Jesus
is
our
redeemer
(Galatians
3:13;
4:4-5;
Titus
2:14;
1
Peter
1:18-19;
Revelation
5:9).
The
“Hail,
Holy
Queen”
calls
Mary
our
“most
gracious
advocate,”
but
the
Bible
calls
Jesus
our
Advocate
to
the
Father
(1
John
2:1)
and
our
one
Mediator
(1
Timothy
2:5).
The
only
time
in
Scripture
that
the
title
“Queen
of
Heaven”
is
found
it
is
in a
negative
way
(Jeremiah
7:17-19;
44:16-27).
The
whole
of
Scripture
teaches
us
to
pray
to
God
alone.
Never
once
can
you
find
an
example
or
admonition
to
pray
to
anyone
else!
The
only
basis
for
the
idea
of
getting
to
God
through
Mary
is
based
on
the
biblical
story
of
Mary
coming
to
Jesus
to
ask
for
his
help
at a
wedding
feast
(John
2).
But
in
light
of
all
of
the
other
verses,
including
Jesus’
own
instruction
on
how
we
are
to
pray,
is
it
taking
this
passage
in
context
to
use
it
to
teach
that
we
ought
to
continue
to
go
through
Mary
to
get
to
God?
Likewise,
is
it
appropriate
to
call
Mary
our
“life”
and
“hope?”
Again,
these
are
terms
that
are
used
of
God
alone
in
Scripture,
particularly
God
the
Son,
Jesus
Christ
(John
1:1-14;
Colossians
3:4;
1
Timothy
1:1;
Ephesians
2:12;
Titus
2:13).
Thus,
the
practice
of
saying
the
rosary
goes
contrary
to
Scripture
in a
number
of
ways.
Only
God
can
hear
our
prayers.
Only
God
can
answer
our
prayers.
The
Bible
nowhere
instructs
Christians
to
pray
through
intermediaries,
or
to
petition
saints
or
Mary
(in
Heaven)
for
their
prayers.