[visually_augmented]

Dawg: “Sorry for the “Duhs,””

That’s alright. It is good to know that we agree on so many points!! You are correct that I don’t know you and that is the very reason I made the above statements - to see if we were talking the same lingo.

So my question is, do you apportion any greater virtue or outcome by asking Dominic to intercede versus your fellow (living) Christian?

[Mad Dawg]

I tell you whose prayers I rely on: My (Episcopalian) Mother in law's. And right up there is a black Baptist preacher who lives maybe 4 miles from me.

Some people seem to have a charism of prayer. I don't understand it, but I've seen enough to assert it without understanding.

So that's kind of how I feel (not think) about the saints and intercession. When I'm wrestling with a problem for several days and then I say to myself, "Well Father Brian often asks Terese for her intercession, might as well bring her in on this," and the problem is solved less than five minutes later - as soon as I gather my jaw up from the ground where it dropped, I say, "Darn! I don't understand that at all, but I'm not complaining!"

Sometimes I'm content not to understand. As long as I can feel the next step, I'll trust God for the rest.

[Mad Dawg]

I meant to add a hearty recommendation for Augustine’s letter to Proba, which says WONDERFUL things about prayer.