[Salvation]

The Souls in heaven, both Mary and the Saints are alive. You have two natures, right? A soul and a body, correct?

The body dies, but the soul lives.

The saints and Mary hear our requests and send them to Jesus.

It’s really that simple.

Haven’t you ever prayed for someone who just died in your family? In someone else’s family?

Have you ever prayed for anyone who is living?

Well the saints and Mary are living in heaven!

[GeronL]

The saints and Mary hear our requests and send them to Jesus

ROFL and where does it say this? Where does it say that far into the future there will be a human called a "Pope" who will decide which dead humans get to pass prayers to Jesus?

Jesus is Lord. He does not need a Secretary. You have just ATTRIBUTED more power to these dead humans than to Jesus Christ. Do you realize that?

Good thing Jesus and God can hear you even when you put the wrong address on the envelope I guess. Well, we should hope.

I do not believe that human beings get to assign power to dead humans to help out poor old weak Jesus who would never hear from us otherwise. Wow.

[GeronL]

I have never prayed TO a dead person.

[GeronL]

Dear St. Tommy of Astrodome. I know Jesus is too busy with his golfing to hear me, but would you kindly ask him, when he is washing his golf balls, to send his healing power to my Uncle?

LOL

That is not Christianity.

[metmom]

Souls in hell are still alive, too.

We are prohibited contact with those who have died physical deaths.

And there’s simply not one iota of evidence that any of those souls in heaven can even hear us, much less have any power to answer prayer.

Jesus taught us to pray and never made mention ONCE of praying to ANYONE but the Father.