[metmom]

Saints have no more power than you or I or the prophets or anyone else.

Then why do Catholics ask them for things, as the prayer CB posted clearly shows.

And that's certainly not the only one. I can provide lots more with a quick 5 minute google search.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Then why do Catholics ask them for things, as the prayer CB posted clearly shows.

The saints in heaven offer our prayers and petitions to God, as we sometimes ask them to do.

the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. (Rev. 5:8)