[Gamecock]

**You are wise enough, I think, to get the gist of this. We pray "to" saints only in the sense that we are praying "for" intercession.**

I am wise enough to not participate in this practice.

Why? I have an intercessor:
Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. (Hebrews 7:25)

[smvoice]

...”It’s not an orange...it’s a tangerine...”

[metmom]

What an awesome concept that Jesus HIMSELF and even the Holy Spirit HIMSELF are interceding for us according to the will of God.

Honestly what more could you want and need?

I can’t help but wonder what Catholics think the saints are going to do for them that God Himself won ‘t. It’s not like I’d expect any saint to answer a prayer contrary to God’s will.

[Mrs. Don-o]

You believe in the Communion of Saints, don't you?

2 Corinthians 1:11
"You help us with prayer, so that thanks may be given by many on our behalf for the gift granted us through the prayers of many."

James 5:16
"Therefore, pray for one another, that you may be healed. The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful."

1 Peter 3:12
"For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears turned to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against evildoers."

Scripture itself strongly recommends intercessory prayer. The Lord is our intercessor: that's why all of us, the saints on earth and the saints who have gone on before us, pray for one another. Because we are one in Christ: because we are members of His Body.

If I may ask: will you pray for me, Gamecock?