where in the bible does it say dead people (even saints) can pray or intercede on our behalf?
Mary will always be seen as blessed as the scripture says.....
But Jesus made it clear He alone is our only means of connection to God the Father. He told us to ask God our requests in His (Jesus’s) name.
I have huge respect for what Mary did, I was honored as a child to be picked to crown Mary with the ring of flowers in May, but many years later when I actually started reading and learning what is in the bible, I had to accept as a Christian I’m not to pray to her or other people. To me that seems idolatry, elevating them as more than human, and to think God would listen to me praying to or through another person instead of me and my heart, praying thru His Son Jesus as the Word of God tells us to.
“dead”?
Where in Bible does it say that Mary died?