Those in Heaven today, alive in Christ, are there because they have found favor in the eyes of God. They died in His Grace and live forever in Glory. Asking you to pray for me (please do) has merit, no? How much more those Saints in Heaven?
Uh, I don’t really have an issue with that because I do believe in the communion of the Saints. My problem is that I know a lot of living Saints on earth that I can ask to pray so why I’d ask the ones in Heaven to do it for me doesn’t make a whole lot of sense (to me).
Besides, you don’t know who is in Heaven anymore than I do. I’m sure we can make some pretty good educated guesses about it, but I have a hunch that there might be a few “saints” you Catholics pray to that might not even be there.