[SERE_DOC]

Ok on the premise of what he ask for is to pray "to" on the belief that some saint (too much church dogma) has any intercessory abilities with the "God of creation" minimizing the status of Jesus, the only begotten son of the aforementioned Deity "God"

He and you presume that some "saint" who may not be a saint has any pull, (hint) no church is going to get you anywhere when your time "to assume room temperature" (thanks Rush) but your faith and belief in God, (another hint) you don't need a priest, Imam, monk, preacher druid shaman, to talk to God.

The proper request would have been "please pray for ......"

And BTW I need more prayer than there are people in the world.

[Petronski]

The proper request would have been "please pray for ......"

Semantics. "Pray to Francis X Seelos" is no different than "ask the intercession of Francis X Seelos."

"Pray to" in this context is "direct your requests to"