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Why is a miracle needed for him to become a saint?
Why is a miracle needed for him to become a saint?
There is a separation between God and man. This separation is created by sin. The only person who can mediator and intercede for us between this gap must be someone who is BOTH God and man. Jesus is the only one who fits this bill.
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man is Christ Jesus...
Intercession is the same as if a person prays to God for another.
Sure. It's possible for me to ask my friends and family to pray for me. However, it is impossible to ask dead people to pray for you.
First off, those who are dead aren't watching us like a sitcom or listening in on our prayers - they are awaiting judgment. Second, even if they could what makes you think they'd have the divine nature of omnipresence? How could they be in all these different places at the same time to hear all these prayers from millions of Catholics?
Don't try to pray to dead people...pray instead to our Lord and Savior who is ALIVE!
All who die in Christ are alive in Christ.
He conquered death and lifts us to eternal life. Death has no meaning for who the Lord saves and those who love God with their whole heart love His creation and desire for all to be happy with the Lord and follow Him. They praise Him and seek His plan for all.
No one thinks they are divine or omnipresent, all they do is by God's power not their own.
The Saints in heaven pray to God, worshiping Him, praising Him and adoring Him.
Like I said, it's not biblical...
so the canonization of the bible is also not biblical?
apples and oranges