Prayer to the Saints

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Prayer to the Saints
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• We believe in the Holy Spirit
• The holy catholic Church
• The communion of Saints

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His Entire Church

• Church Militant Encourage, build up one another
  1Thes. 511
• Church Suffering
• Church Triumphant Death cannot separate us from
  Christ Romans 835-39
• The Mystical Body of Christ
• He is the head of the church, which is His body.
• Eph. 122-23

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The Mass

• John Paul II described the Mass as Heaven on
  Earth, explaining that what we celebrate on
  Earth is a mysterious participation in the
  heavenly liturgy.
• Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God almighty Rev.
  48 Isaiah 63

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The Mass

• The Eucharist On that day it was no longer a
  matter of gazing it was a union. There were no
  longer two of us. Therese has disappeared like a
  drop of water in the depth of the ocean. Only
  Jesus remained as Master and King. St.
  Therese of Lisieux
• Our Communion with the Saints joins us to Christ
  CCC957

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• There is one body and one Spirit, just as you
  were called to the one hope of your calling, one
  Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father
  of all, who is above all and through all and in
  all Eph. 44-6

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Isnt God the only one were supposed to pray to?

• Yes!! We only pray TO God.
• Join me by your prayers to God on my behalf
  Rom. 1530
• Offer prayers, petitions for all men 1 Tim 21

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How do we know they can hear us?

• We are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses
  Hebrews 121
• For saints to become recognized by the Church,
  they must perform a miracle AFTER death.

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How do they hear all our prayers at the same time?

• Heaven has no space or time

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• We are called not only to admire and learn from
  the saints, but to also worship with them as
  fellow disciples.