But it REALLY helps if MARY knows, too!
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It sure does help Elsie.
Do you believe it is helpful for FReepers to pray intercessory prayers for other FReepers, when someone posts a prayer request here, even though God already is fully aware of the situation?
In the Bible, the Holy Spirit has inspired many texts which plainly exhort us to pray for other people (including numerous quotations of Jesus Christ), so God definitely wants humans to pray for one another, even though God always already fully knows every single situation that every person is ever in at all times, and God already knows every single word that will be said in every single prayer ever prayed.
God also plainly tells us in His Bible that "the prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects", and no mere human being is more righteous than the Blessed Mother Mary, so it is a great idea to ask Mary to pray for you, just like it is a good idea to ask other FReepers to pray for you when you feel in need of special prayers, even though God already knows everything they are going to say.
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The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects. James 5:16b
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