Saint intercession: am I doing something wrong?

[VivaPadrePio]

I am in a very, very difficult time (for me at least, one is ashamed to say so compared with the countless, say, blind, maimed, or starving people).

I have started a 54 day Rosary Novena, which is most days very beneficial (some days I do despair instead, but this is stuff for another question).

I have also started a Novena to St. Pio of Pietrelcina, a Saint whom I love dearly (as you can see from my nickname).

Some days I feel good about it and see this asking for “multiple intercession” as a good thing, as when in your life a child has, say, his mother and his good uncle both seeking intercession for him in front of his father after the child has made something rather stupid.

At other times, I am not sure, as this asking for additional intercession seems to me a show that I do not trust in Mary’s intercession as I should, that it actually reveals some lack of trust: in real life, if the child was utterly persuaded of the good result of his mother’s intercession, he would not even think of asking the good uncle, right?

Can you please help, and thank in advance.

 

[Galnextdoor]

Think of the parable Jesus told about the man whose friend had late night guests and not enough bread to feed them (Luke 11 5-11). The man may not want to get up to give his friend the bread, but he will eventually get up because the friend keeps knocking. God loves those who are persistent in prayer. He doesn’t object if you asked more than one person to pray for you, so why would he object if you asked for more than one person to do the same in heaven?

 

[yinekka]

Don’t think that just because you are praying a 54 day Rosary or asking for Padre Pio’s intercession you are guaranteed to get what you are asking for. If what we ask for is for the good of our salvation our prayer will be granted but if God in His wisdom thinks that what we are asking for is not good for us now or perhaps ever we will receive an answer but that answer may be no.