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To: Marysecretary
No, we don't. A Catholic may call upon a particular saint for favor ("Dear Saint Anthony, come around...") but praying to a saint? That would be putting the saint on the same level as God. Think about one of the most commonly recited prayers a Catholic recites: "Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners...". We ask Mary to pray on our behalf.
858 posted on 07/18/2005 11:12:58 AM PDT by grellis (Ravenclaw, class of '87)
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To: grellis
This point has been made one million times.

A stupid Protestant will still insist that asking saints to pray for you is the same thing as praying to them.

An intelligent Protestant will simply ignore your point, and allow the stupid ones to keep repeating the same slander without correcting them.

860 posted on 07/18/2005 11:15:41 AM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave troops and their Commander in Chief)
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To: grellis

I'm not sure even Catholics know that difference, at least not a lot of them that I've known over the years. They think St. Anthony will find anything for them and they pray TO him.


918 posted on 07/18/2005 1:05:53 PM PDT by Marysecretary (Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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