Is Praying To Saints Superfluous?

[Lilllabettt]

[quote name='Archaeology cat' post='1847514' date='Apr 25 2009, 04:36 PM']Yeah, that's what I usually do, too. Though I sometimes get a retort of "but they're dead!". [/quote]

The answer I give to this is "The Lord is is the Lord of the living, not the dead." If we are comparing "aliveness" on the truest level ... the Saints are way more alive in Heaven than we are on earth.

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We should all pray to the saints and hold them in the highest esteem as Holy Mother Church directs us to do. They should further be our examples in holiness as we strive to live in grace.

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Christians have always asked the Saints for intercession.