[Mrs. Don-o]

Intercessory prayer via the saints is not worship, iscool. You and I both understand that God alone is to be adored.

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

Do you think prayer gets LESS powerful when the righteous person is in heaven?

[Iscool]

Intercessory prayer via the saints is not worship, iscool. You and I both understand that God alone is to be adored.

There have been countless prayers to Saints and Jesus' mother posted over the years with Catholics praying NOT for intercession but directly TO these people for salvation, peace, help, health, selling houses, miracles...Many of these prayers come from former popes, and many publications with the Nihil Obstat declaration...

And YET, you guys deny praying TO these Saints and Mary...

And praying TO these entities without the purpose of intercession IS worship...

[metmom]

Do you think prayer gets LESS powerful when the righteous person is in heaven?

Likewise, do you think it gets MORE powerful when the righteous person is in heaven?