[Gamecock]

*** We don’t pray to Mary, we ask her to pray for us, just as a Protestant asks their deceased grandparent/parent to watch over them. ***

Thread started by NKP-Vet.

(Oh, we don't ask a deceased grandparent/parent to watch over us.)

[Mrs. Don-o]

NKP can comment as appropriate, but I would say that the intent here is to distinguish between two meanings of "prayer": prayer "to" as if to a person operating on the basis of their own power or piety, independently of God; or prayer "for" as in asking intercessaory prayer.

You are wise enough, I think, to get the gist of this. We pray "to" saints only in the sense that we are praying "for" intercession.

It's all seen in the context of the Body of Christ, of which we, and the saints gone on before us, are all still living members, sharing spiritual goods and having a loving contact which is of lasting significance in the eyes of Our Lord. NKP, if I have said anything wrong, please correct me.