the Lord doesn't need His saints and the virgin mary to gather prayers from the living faithful to help Him out. HE"S GOD!, omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. besides, they are all dead and just their souls are in heaven too busy praising the Lord with a temporary covering awaiting the first resurection to be reunited with the body still in the grave.
2006-08-29 14:46:24 · 10 answers · asked by 4hym 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Catholics agree. God does not need His saints to gather prayers. This is not a Catholic belief.
Catholics share the belief in the Communion of Saints with many other Christians, including the Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Episcopal, and Methodist Churches.
The Communion of Saints is the belief where all saints are intimately related in the Body of Christ, a family. When you die and go to heaven, you do not leave this family.
Everyone in heaven or on their way to heaven are saints, you, me, my deceased grandmother, Mary the mother of Jesus, and Mother Teresa.
As part of this family, you may ask your family and friends here on earth to pray for you. Or, you may also ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Andrew, or your deceased grandmother in heaven to pray for you.
Prayer to saints in heaven is simple communication, not worship.
With love in Christ.
2006-08-29 17:19:45 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How do you know what the saints in heaven are too busy doing? And what's with this temporary covering? Where are these concepts plainly stated in scripture?
It sounds as though you are following your own, or someone else's faith tradition, and not the plain text of scripture.
Like any good father, God believes in sharing everything he has with his family.
St. Paul tells us as much when he speaks of the rights and responsibilities that result from baptism.
God's family is the entire communion of saints ... those in heaven and in purgatory, as well as all the faithful here on earth.
Jesus spoke of them (Abraham and the souls of all the just) as being alive, and capable of both observation and emotion.
In the Book of Revelation we learn that those who are already in heaven have access to the throne of God, and can request whatever they will from him, including special assistance for us poor sinners down here on earth, many of whom are not just fellow members of the church, but close, "blood" relatives.
What close relative (father, mother, aunt, uncle, cousin) in heaven wouldn't want to assist one of their very own, down here on the earth?
And why would God fail to allow it?
God is confident in his power. So confident that he's willing to share it with his family, for the benefit of the whole church.
Catholics know this because Jesus, Mary, and the apostles taught it, and the church remembered it, in Tradition.
You can find the same principles demonstrated in scripture, but Protestant tradition simply won't accept it.
You don't know what you're missing.
2006-08-29 18:22:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your full of crap.
The communion of the saints is real. The dead in heaven are more alive than us. God don't need the saint's prayers for us-we need them. Read Revelations 5:8.
2006-08-29 14:50:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholics aren't the only Christians that ask people to pray for them. We ask the souls in Heaven to pray for us, because they are close to God, but we also ask for people still here alive on earth to pray for us too.
2006-08-29 15:05:44 · answer #4 · answered by me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here's the thing... can a principal run the school alone? can a governor run his constituents without having mayors? can a firechief work alone during fire emergency without his firemen? can you know the difference in science, math, languages, religion without some scholars teaching them to you?
point is.... god gave the saints their dues for helping spread his messages. now, would you be given the same while disrespecting/questioning his choices and decisions?
2006-08-29 15:14:55 · answer #5 · answered by VeRDuGo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
>>till the Pope is granted supernatural powers, his claims of authority are organic unadulterated lies. He could elect supernatural powers to renowned he's been authorized by Jesus, Peter, and Paul -- because of the fact they are ALL ineffective!<< As Peter himself pronounced, "For that's written interior the e book of Psalms, `enable his habitation develop into desolate, and enable there be no one to stay in it'; and `His place of work enable yet another take.'" (Acts a million:20) If Pius XII develop into no longer the holder of Peter's place of work (the place of work created by Jesus Himself) on November a million, 1950, who develop into?
2016-12-11 17:36:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm catholic I pray to God we don't minimize His power.
2006-08-29 14:50:25 · answer #7 · answered by okayokayokay 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was raised catholic and i could have sworn that it was god i was worshiping and praying to when i went to church...guess i was wrong
2006-08-29 14:48:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God says you are wrong.
2006-08-29 14:53:21 · answer #9 · answered by thelordparadox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just one question.....
if he is omnipresent....did he enjoy watching those kids being r... by catholic priests ?
2006-08-29 14:51:52 · answer #10 · answered by peaceful light 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋