[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Why would I want to go to an underling?

Because we are all part of the Body of Christ. Our relationship with God is "horizontal" as well as "vertical," so prayers go horizontally and vertically.

1 Tim 2:1

I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them.

Matthew 5:44

"But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

The Body of Christ on earth, the Church Militant, is united to the Body of Christ in Heaven, the Church Triumphant. Nothing can separate us from the love of God.

Rev. 5:8

And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God's people.

We pray for each other on earth, we ask the saints in heaven to pray for us, and the saints in heaven present our prayers to God.

[Biggirl]

AMEN!

The Bible passages CONFIRM it!

[Biggirl]

The beautiful thing about it is that it is called the communion of the saints.

[Resettozero]

Because we are all part of the Body of Christ.

Wishful thinking but untrue.

Only born-again-of-the-Spirit believers in Lord Jesus Christ are members of the Body of Christ and are redeemed in Christ Himself.

No other person, no unbeliever that Jesus of Nazareth alone is their Savior, will see the Kingdom of God, as Jesus told Nicodemus.

[Resettozero]

We pray for each other on earth, we ask the saints in heaven to pray for us, and the saints in heaven present our prayers to God.

That is quite the personal extrapolation of Rev 5:8. Your personal understanding conflicts with the very words of Rev 5:8 and with what other RCs, including popes, have said regarding this verse of Scripture. Need to revisit this in your studies.

[tbpiper]

the saints in heaven present our prayers to God.

What? You can't present them yourself? How stupid is that?