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Loving_disciple
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Do you think there is anyone alive today or was alive in the past five years who could be a saint? Would it be ok to ask someone we don’t know is in heaven to pray for us?
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RoseMary131
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You can ask anyone to pray for you - even if they are not a canonized Saint.
All Saints Day is the Feast Day to celebrate all saints - all those who have died and are now in Heaven - those who are canonized Saints and those saints who are in heaven, yet the Church has not declared them to be in heaven.
All Saints Day is the Feast Day to celebrate all saints - all those who have died and are now in Heaven - those who are canonized Saints and those saints who are in heaven, yet the Church has not declared them to be in heaven.
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ClearWater
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I think of it this way. In the same way you could ask a friend of yours here, on earth, to pray for you, you can likewise, ask someone who has died to pray for you. This is because we believe that they are alive.
I generally don’t ask those who have died to pray for me, though. I do exactly the reverse. Unless the person is canonized a saint, I pray for them! Well, have you ever read about the difficulty we have in getting into heaven? The Bible says that even the just man will barely get in! The only reason it’s possible at all is due to God’s grace.
In order to get to heaven, we have to be PERFECT, NO sin! How many people do you know who you think are sinless?! Do we know any?
I’m not saying the person in question isn’t saved. I just think most people who go to heaven make a stop in purgatory, first, is all. So, if doubt, I would pray for that person. As to asking for intercession on my part, I prefer to ask Jesus, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the other canonized saints for help in that area.
romancatholicism.org/jansenism/fathers-fewness.htm
I generally don’t ask those who have died to pray for me, though. I do exactly the reverse. Unless the person is canonized a saint, I pray for them! Well, have you ever read about the difficulty we have in getting into heaven? The Bible says that even the just man will barely get in! The only reason it’s possible at all is due to God’s grace.
In order to get to heaven, we have to be PERFECT, NO sin! How many people do you know who you think are sinless?! Do we know any?
I’m not saying the person in question isn’t saved. I just think most people who go to heaven make a stop in purgatory, first, is all. So, if doubt, I would pray for that person. As to asking for intercession on my part, I prefer to ask Jesus, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the other canonized saints for help in that area.
romancatholicism.org/jansenism/fathers-fewness.htm
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ClearWater
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Surely there would be…martyrs, for example…Do you think there is anyone alive today or was alive in the past five years who could be a saint?
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pollylodges
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Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
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Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
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Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
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Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
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