Because (and I repeat), she says she is praying TO! him, not with him and asking him to help.
I’m not questioning her motives at all. I just had another Freeper on here clarify that you are not to be praying TO the saints, so why you can’t admit it makes me think you don’t really get it.
You are very presumptuous of what you think about my mother-in-law and me.
Why do you care if she has a good relationship with Our Lord?
You are questioning her motives, but won’t admit it. You say that her motive is to pray “to” a saint. Her motive is to pray for results. I’m sure she is not a dumb woman, so whether she believes Our Lord gives the saint the power to perform miracles for her or she believes that what you say is “Praying to” is actually in her mind “praying for intercession” she knows the power comes from Our Lord. Maybe you are just being literal and she is not.
You can’t possibly be saying that the your MIL believes that St. Anthony, without God’s intercession, makes a miracle. No way. If she has told you that St. Anthony holds the power and not God, then she needs to speak with a priest.