[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

The idea of a mediator between man and Christ kind of makes one want to go... ouch.

We ask Mary to pray for us, just as we ask others on earth to pray for us, and just as you might ask someone to pray for you.

Is Mary "dead"? I don't see how the saints in heaven can be dead. They are more alive than us.

And no, asking Mary to pray for us is not the same thing as conjuring spirits, like the witch of Endor.

The Body of Christ is One. The saints in heaven are united with the saints on earth, since we are all one Body.

And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God's people.

[MayflowerMadam]

“We ask Mary to pray for us, just as we ask others on earth to pray for us, and just as you might ask someone to pray for you. Is Mary “dead”? I don’t see how the saints in heaven can be dead. They are more alive than us. And no, asking Mary to pray for us is not the same thing as conjuring spirits, like the witch of Endor. The Body of Christ is One. The saints in heaven are united with the saints on earth, since we are all one Body.”

That’s not how it’s done. That’s not how any of this is done.

[HiTech RedNeck]

There’s a difference, still, even between a putative member of a prayer committee and a figure that bids fair to dominate the spiritual oxygen of a room.

What I never hear from Catholics is something like “Thank you Jesus for answering the prayer from St. Mary.” Like I might, in fact should, if my church prayed for me.

One of those things that gets you going hmmmm....