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Holly3278
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What evidence either in Tradition or in Scripture is there that the saints can actually hear our prayers? 
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dylanschrader
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You might want to read catholic.com/library/Intercession_of_the_Saints.asp for some quotes from the Church Fathers.
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Church_Militant
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Well gee… what happened to Hebrews 12:1?What evidence either in Tradition or in Scripture is there that the saints can actually hear our prayers?
It would be impossible to be a great cloud of witnesses if they can’t see and hear.
The Communion of Saints MP3 Bible study.
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Bishopite
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Rev 8:3 and Rev 5:8 are usually given as examples.What evidence either in Tradition or in Scripture is there that the saints can actually hear our prayers?
And there is Luke 15:7 where Jesus said…“I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.”
This is circumstantial evidence that those in heaven, i.e., the Saints can hear us down here for how else would the Saints know that a sinner repented?
Also, Heb 12:1 which follows chapter 11 which is one on hagiography (or the study of the Saints of the Old Testament). Heb 12:1 reads…
“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded **by so great a cloud of witnesses, **let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us”
We have a cloud of witnesses in heaven that surrounds us and rejoices every time a sinner repents and turns to Jesus and this includes the Saints.
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VociMike
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Rev 5:13
*And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all therein, saying, “To him who sits upon the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might for ever and ever!” *
Here is John, not yet a perfected saint in heaven, who is able to hear every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. This is vastly, vastly greater than just hearing the prayers of a few hundred, or a few thousand, or even a few million people.
This same verse also helps explain those bowls of incense which are called the prayers of the saints. In Rev 5:12-13, as well as in other sections of Revelation, we see that the prayers of those on earth and in heaven which are directed to God are represented as spoken words. They are not represented as incense. So what are the prayers that are represented as incense, and which the saints offer up to God? They are, of course, the prayers to the saints, asking the saints for their intercession. Those are different in essence than prayers to God, and thus they are represented as essentially different in scripture. And the saints do exactly what the Church teaches they do with those prayers, which is that they bring those prayers before God.
Only by accepting prayer to saints can any sense be made of the two completely different types of prayer found in Revelation.
*And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all therein, saying, “To him who sits upon the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might for ever and ever!” *
Here is John, not yet a perfected saint in heaven, who is able to hear every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. This is vastly, vastly greater than just hearing the prayers of a few hundred, or a few thousand, or even a few million people.
This same verse also helps explain those bowls of incense which are called the prayers of the saints. In Rev 5:12-13, as well as in other sections of Revelation, we see that the prayers of those on earth and in heaven which are directed to God are represented as spoken words. They are not represented as incense. So what are the prayers that are represented as incense, and which the saints offer up to God? They are, of course, the prayers to the saints, asking the saints for their intercession. Those are different in essence than prayers to God, and thus they are represented as essentially different in scripture. And the saints do exactly what the Church teaches they do with those prayers, which is that they bring those prayers before God.
Only by accepting prayer to saints can any sense be made of the two completely different types of prayer found in Revelation.
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thistle
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scripturecatholic.com/saints.htmlWhat evidence either in Tradition or in Scripture is there that the saints can actually hear our prayers?
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Holly3278
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Wow. I did not know that it was this scriptural. Thank you everyone! 
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