Which Saint do you pray to when you can't find something? I believe this is a Catholic question but I am unsure if any other sects have saints... Please help, and no smart @$$ remarks please!!!
2006-07-14 11:10:59 · 13 answers · asked by Shary M 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I just meant when you lose something NOT as in praying to God...
2006-07-14 11:22:28 · update #1
Roman Catholics pray to St Anthony when they lose something
2006-07-14 11:12:41 · answer #1 · answered by margaret k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholics do not nominate Gods Saints. Saint & Holy same word in Greek scriptures, All; Gods Called out are Saints living or dead, In the Name of Jesus or in the authority of Jesus I pray , to my Heavenly Father, Jesus the best Saint.
2006-07-14 11:15:27 · answer #2 · answered by kritikos43 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love a few of the saints but i dont pray to them
2006-07-14 11:13:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Saint Anthony.
See attached link for information & prayers/novenas.
[As for those who helpfully recommended "Jesus," I would just like to point out that no one is substituting the Saint for Jesus - it's only a request that the Saint intercede on your behalf. If just you praying alone is powerful, how much more powerful is it if you can have a Saint putting in a good word for you?]
2006-07-14 11:20:21 · answer #4 · answered by JoeSchmoe06 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a bad idea to use a saint as a Jesus substitute and really its best to avoid anything that is a God substitute or gospel substitue as well.... it may be born out of unbelief in the merciful nature of Jesus and him being enough
Jesus is the one whose prayers calmed the sea and healed the blind and is full of mercy... why would anyone need anything else.
in 1 John 2, it is Jesus who stands before the Father interceeding for us, why would we need another unless we are actually doubting His mercy somehow?
2006-07-14 11:14:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a non-denominational Christian, and we don't believe in praying to saints or to Mary. Just to God, through Jesus.
2006-07-14 11:29:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous61245 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do not believe in praying to the saints in Protestant religions.
2006-07-14 11:16:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I pray directly to God. I am a Lutheran, and we don't put as much emphasis on saints.
2006-07-14 11:12:18 · answer #8 · answered by ndtaya 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't pray to saints. There is one mediator between God and man, and that is the man Christ Jesus
2006-07-14 11:12:41 · answer #9 · answered by RandyGE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had been looking for something for my fiance and I didn't even really know what it looked like. After spending a couple of hours going through every box FOUR times, I called my fiance on the phone and he said St. Anthony. I closed my eyes and said "St. Anthony, please help me find this stupid little thingy." and something made me reach for this box and it was right on top! I swear this is true. It always works and it still amazes me.
2006-07-14 11:23:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋