As mentioned before, throughout Scripture Jesus and His apostles asked fellow Christians to pray for them. And as I posted above, there is scriptural evidence that shows the saints in heaven offering our prayers to God.
Catholics don't pray to anyone except God through His son, Jesus Christ. But we ask Mary and the saints to pray for us because we believe their prayers are particularly effective. This doesn't mean that we don't believe our prayers are effective, because they are. It means that when something is really important ... like ending abortion ... we can use all the help we can get, and asking the saints in heaven to pray for unborn babies will help.
It seems that Catholics can say over and over and over against that we don't pray TO saints, that we ask saints to pray TO God FOR us, but some people don't want to listen. I can only pray TO God and ask the saints to pray TO God FOR you and our fellow brothers and sisters who still have a problem understand the Catholic Christian position on intercession.
God bless, and I will be praying for you.
No, it's not that we don't want to listen. Praying to dead people is unscriptual and you are somehow blind to your error. Perhaps you should actually read and study the Scriptures. Imagine if you die, and someone who liked you started praying to you. I myself would be horrified if it was me, and I'm sure that the saints now dead in the Lord, are horrified as well. Praying to, and praying for, are two different things. If nothing else you cause others who are weaker brothers to be led astray, rather than telling them the truth. Like angel worship. They don't know the difference because their brothers don't step up and lead them.