God the Father pray for us?

[lrcatholic95]

So I was listening to a litany of saints and it began with Christ have Mercy, Lord have mercy etc…then it gets to God the Father R: pray for us God the Son R: pray for us God the Holy Spirit R: pray for us Holy Trinity one God R: pray for us then it got to some of the Saints, but my question is why are we asking for God to pray for us…who is He praying to?? It didn’t make sense to me, but maybe one of you can explain it.

 

[Jim_Roberts]

So I was listening to a litany of saints and it began with Christ have Mercy, Lord have mercy etc…then it gets to God the Father R: pray for us God the Son R: pray for us God the Holy Spirit R: pray for us Holy Trinity one God R: pray for us then it got to some of the Saints, but my question is why are we asking for God to pray for us…who is He praying to?? It didn’t make sense to me, but maybe one of you can explain it.

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YOu are calling on all three persons to intercede for you; it’s not that you are asking God to pray for you, but it is aware that you need God’s prayer. So, in essence, you are praying to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

JESUS I TRUST IN YOU

 

[Michael19682]

What exactly is the nature of the verb phrase “pray for us”? What happens when we pray for someone? Its almost as if you become that person, as the Holy Spirit in you begins to Advocate for them? If the analogy holds, it appears to me that we are asking God to enter into our predicament and do the praying, to advocate for us in a way we cannot, for he searches hearts and knows us better than we ourselves.

Rom 8:26 we do not know how to pray as we ought

 

[Wesley7]

All the prayers in the prayer books are in some form asking for intercession.

 

[JM3]

breviary.net/misc/litanysaints.htm

V. Kyrie, eléison.
R. Christe, eléison.
V. Kyrie, eléison.

V. Christe, audi nos.
R. Christe, exáudi nos.

V. Pater de cælis, Deus.
R. Miserére nobis.

V. Fili, Redémptor mundi, Deus.
R. Miserére nobis.

V. Spíritus Sancte, Deus.
R. Miserére nobis.

V. Sancta Trínitas, unus Deus.
R. Miserére nobis.

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V. Lord, have mercy upon us.
R. Christ, have mercy upon us.
V. Lord, have mercy upon us.

V. O Christ, hear us.
R. O Christ, graciously hear us.

V. O God the Father of heaven.
R. Have mercy upon us.

V. O God the Son, Redeemer of the world.
R. Have mercy upon us.

V. O God the Holy Ghost.
R. Have mercy upon us.

V. O Holy Trinity, one God.
R. Have mercy upon us.

 

[MarcusAndreas]

The Litany says have mercy on us, not pray for us.

 

[Mintaka]

Looks like a case of “never attribute to faulty doctrine what forgetfulness can account for.” Nothing like getting into that soothing litany groove a little too early…

 

[terrig]

All the Litanies I have ever seen in writing or prayed at never ask God to “pray for us”. They normally say “have mercy on us” or “graciously hear our prayer”. “Pray for us” is for the the Blessed Mother, angels and saints.

 

[promethius]

So I was listening to a litany of saints and it began with Christ have Mercy, Lord have mercy etc…then it gets to God the Father R: pray for us God the Son R: pray for us God the Holy Spirit R: pray for us Holy Trinity one God R: pray for us then it got to some of the Saints, but my question is why are we asking for God to pray for us…who is He praying to?? It didn’t make sense to me, but maybe one of you can explain it.

Five bucks says you were listening to it on youtube! The version you were listening to is not the standard litany of the saints. (I have the same one listed in my favorites because I didn’t listen to it before adding it).

 

[lrcatholic95]

Five bucks says you were listening to it on youtube! The version you were listening to is not the standard litany of the saints. (I have the same one listed in my favorites because I didn’t listen to it before adding it).

my you are smart! yes I was…it was when the Holy Father was at the seminary in Yonkers so it bugged me even more that it was the head of the Church and new priest…it didn’t sound right…but I’m no theologian