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My apology was sincere and I have no animosity toward Catholics but my remark was not unconscious. Do Catholics put something between themselves and Jesus Christ when they pray, a saint or a relic of a saint? I have heard Catholics say they pray to a saint because he is closer to God than they are. The Bible tells me that no one is between me and God, so I pray directly to Jesus. I have felt the arms of God and I have been spoken to by God when I prayed to him in the darkest time of my life. I have spoken of that time here on FR. I didn't need a saint of or a relic to reach Him. That is my only point and again I apologize for the way in which I said it in my first post.

The word "pray" to catholics means to ask for help. The word "Pray" comes from the old latin word "precari" which means "to ask for help". We can ask for help from anyone. But Adoration and Worship is reserved for God alone. We of course do not worship or adore the saints.

This might help you to understand what we mean. When we pray to the saints, we are asking for them to help us Worship and Adore God. We Worship and Adore God alone, and ask the saints to pray to God with us and join with us in Worshiping and Adoring God.

The first Christians prayed and had their masses in the catacombs, not only for security but more importantly to be with and pray along with the deceased, "Those asleep in Christ".

It's sad that a lot of the schisms and disputes are because of semantics. Thank you for your follow-up post. God bless you.