Hi guys,
I read that Revelation 5:8 and Revelation 8:3-4 have something to do with it. I don't feel understand how it fits. I guess I just don't understand what it means when the passage says, "prayer of all the saints". Would that include those in heaven?
Ephesians 3:15 seems to mention the connection between family on earth and heaven. And Revelation seems to connect the two together as one body.
One (protestant) brother said that it sounds like some form of ancestral worship. Yet at the same time, I realize that those who are in heaven, aren't dead, but rather they're probably more alive than us.
But what I'm confused about is how do you pray to the saints, asking them to intercede?
Hypothetically speaking, is it possible for non-Catholics to do such things? Would one possible way to do this is to ask Jesus (who intercedes for us), to ask the saints in heaven to pray for us?? LOL!!
God bless
-Jason
I read that Revelation 5:8 and Revelation 8:3-4 have something to do with it. I don't feel understand how it fits. I guess I just don't understand what it means when the passage says, "prayer of all the saints". Would that include those in heaven?
Ephesians 3:15 seems to mention the connection between family on earth and heaven. And Revelation seems to connect the two together as one body.
One (protestant) brother said that it sounds like some form of ancestral worship. Yet at the same time, I realize that those who are in heaven, aren't dead, but rather they're probably more alive than us.
But what I'm confused about is how do you pray to the saints, asking them to intercede?
Hypothetically speaking, is it possible for non-Catholics to do such things? Would one possible way to do this is to ask Jesus (who intercedes for us), to ask the saints in heaven to pray for us?? LOL!!
God bless
-Jason