Grandma accidentally prays to Elrond from Lord of the Rings

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Martin Q. Blank
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https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-38531888
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The woman thought she was praying to Saint Anthony but it turns out the figure was Elrond, Lord of Rivendell.
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I prefer...
jrico2727
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Martin Q. Blank said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-38531888
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The woman thought she was praying to Saint Anthony but it turns out the figure was Elrond, Lord of Rivendell.

She still prayed to Saint Anthony regardless of what she was holding
Martin Q. Blank
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Not regardless, right? She can't go up to an idol of Buddha and expect to be praying to St. Anthony.
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There's intention to take into consideration. God knows the heart, if out of confusion or someone out of mockery giving her a toy and allowing her to think she was praying with the aid of a St Anthony statue, her intention is what matters not an object in her hand. Since no where in Catholic teaching are we told that the images/icon/statues are actually the saint they bear the image of, it is safe to assume she never considered that item actually St. Anthony.

Now to your point of walking up to a idol. If she were praying to St. Anthony's intercession due to the sacrilege of having an idol present it would be appropriate, especially considering St. Anthony actually was an exorcist.
Silent For Too Long
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Also, fwiw, Tolkien intentionally framed middle earth around his judeo-christian world view. You really see this writ large in The Silmarillion.
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