[WayneS]

Okay. And my post does not deny that. But I do not pray to living people here on earth so why would I pray to a living person who happens to be in Heaven?

As I said, I pray to God and only to God.

[Mrs. Don-o]

We seem to be hindered by a semantic ambiguity over the word "pray". It does not mean "worship," but it does mean "be in contact with."

In that sense, you pray to people here on earth every day.

This was clearer in, say, Shakespeare's day, when "pray" is commonly used by a person making a request:

"I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine."

"Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you."

"I pray you, tarry. Pause a day or two."

That's the sense in which we're using the word.

We both reach out, get in contact with, ask for help, pray, to people here on earth on a fairly frequent basis. And we both --- I think --- believe in intercessory prayer. So please keep that in mind --- and pray for me, I pray!