[madison10]

Do you ever ask anyone for prayer? It's the same thing. God bless.

Yeah, but Mary is physically dead. How can one ask a dead person to pray for them?

[TheGeezer]

Physically dead, yes. But her immortal soul lives on. Besides, Mary's body was taken into heaven at her death. As the Orthodox Church teaches, she fell asleep and Jesus called her away into eternal joy. Both the Catholic and Orthodox Church refer to this as the Dormition of Mary or the Assumption of Mary into heaven. The mother of God is very much alive in heaven.

Regards.

[Ohioan from Florida]

Catholics do not believe that Mary died. She was taken up to heaven body and soul. Her bones were never found. The apostles were very close to her, after Jesus died and rose and ascended to Heaven. When it was at the end of Mary's days on earth, her body disappeared. There have never been any remains of Mary found to be buried. And I guarantee that the apostles would have buried her according to Jewish law.

[Clintons a commie]

Yeah, but Mary is physically dead. How can one ask a dead person to pray for them?

have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, Mat 22:32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

[wimpycat]

Yeah, but Mary is physically dead. How can one ask a dead person to pray for them?

The same way you can ask a living person to pray for you. Like the Bible verse says, "Just as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive."