Do the saints always pray for us?

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When we ask a saint to pray for us for a particular thing, do they always do so or can they choose not to? I guess if you pray for a bad thing to happen they would not help you, but otherwise they would?

And say let’s imagine you ask all the saints to pray for you for a particular thing. So does God listen to the prayers of the entire communion of saints in heaven, but it doesn’t change anything? Is God more moved to do something when the saints in heaven are praying about that particular thing too?
 
Very good questions! I’m not sure if I have a great answer but I’ll give it a try.

It is very powerful to pray to Our Lord, but it may be also wise to pray to a particular saint who is already in Heaven. What I do is if I’m praying for a particular virtue, I will pray to a saint who was such an awesome example of that virtue. For instance, I am now praying to St. Maria Goretti, who is the patron saint of chastity and purity, for help with my purity. Since St. Monica was able to convert her son through her prayers, I pray to St. Monica for conversion of family and friends that don’t know Christ.

Either way, by praying, you are directing your thoughts towards Heaven and lifting your spirits to the Lord. I don’t necessarily think who you direct the prayers to has an effect on whether the prayer will be answered, but rather, it has an effect on YOU. I believe prayer has more of an effect on us (although Jesus did say ask and you shall receive) and praying to God for a particular intention is a sign that God put that dream there in the first place!

Keep on persevering in prayer and you will certainly find the treasures of your heart.
 
The Saints, sharing in the Beatific Vision conform their wills exactly to the Divine Will, therefore their prayers are in accord with the desires of the Most Holy Trinity. They surely respond to requests from us to pray for them, but see the issue through the wisdom of God.
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