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Please help me understand how prayer to the saints relates to the Church’s treasury. A couple of relevant portion of the CCC is:
Regarding intercession of the saints, the CCC tells us this:[1477](javascriptpenWindow(‘cr/1477.htm’) “This treasury includes as well the prayers and good works of the Blessed Virgin Mary. They are truly immense, unfathomable, and even pristine in their value before God. In the treasury, too, are the prayers and good works of all the saints, all those who have followed in the footsteps of Christ the Lord and by his grace have made their lives holy and carried out the mission in the unity of the Mystical Body.”
So, a reason prayers are ordinarily made to saints rather than other deceased individuals is that saints have these extra merits that can be applied to the living, right?“Being more closely united to Christ, those who dwell in heaven fix the whole Church more firmly in holiness. . . . They do not cease to intercede with the Father for us, as they proffer the merits which they acquired on earth through the one mediator between God and men, Christ Jesus . . . . So by their fraternal concern is our weakness greatly helped.”