If Jesus’ sufficiency as our intercessorprecludedour asking the saints in heaven to pray for us, then there’d be no reason to ask the “saints” (born-again Christians—Col. 1:2) on earth to pray for us. The same question could be asked: “Why seek the help of Christians on earth...
“So many young people, so many young people go to die,” he said. “Let us pray to the Lord so that he may give us the grace to overcome this madness of war which is always a defeat.”
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610 when the Pantheon in Rome, turned into a Christian Church, was dedicated to all saints. Sounds like the prayer book has the right idea. The Bible doesn’t tell us to pray to the saints (Matt. 6:6) or through the saints (1 Tim. 2:5). Instead, we think of our connectedness ...
” But that does not mean it is not also a good thing to ask others to pray for one as well. Ultimately, the “go-directly-to-Jesus” objection boomerangs back on the one who makes it: Why should we ask any Christian, in heaven or on earth, to pray for us when we can ask ...
was an amazing experience. I felt a strong connection with the early Christians who left a written record on the walls of the Catacombs as a testimony of their beliefs. I came upon a wall of hundreds of inscriptions asking the martyred Peter and Paul to pray for them. It was very moving...
Generally, All Saints' Day is a Catholic Holy Day of Obligation, meaning all Catholics are required to attend Mass on that day, unless they have an excellent excuse, such as serious illness. Other countries have different rules according to their national bishop's conferences. The bishops of ...
80El-Rouayheb, Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic world, 25–51; Wright and Rowson, eds., Homoeroticism in Classical Arabic Literature; Murray and Roscoe, Islamic Homosexualities, 55–96, 142–157; Rosenthal, “ArRazi on the Hidden Illness.” In this last piece and the ...