Who do Catholics pray to?

Answer 1

When Catholics pray they are always praying to God whether its directly or indirectly. They Pray directly to God, or they pray to His saints, or Mary for their intersession.

Catholics pray to the same people that other Christians do, Jesus and God. Additionally Catholics may ask certain individuals such as Mary or the Saints to intercede on their behalf, because those Saints have God's ear so to speak.

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Catholic Answer

Catholics define prayer or praying as the word as traditionally been understood in English, to politely beseech or ask, as in "Pray, continue to explain..." Protestants use the word "pray" to mean "adoration" or "worship" of God, this is not the Catholic understanding of prayer and when we say that we pray to saints, it is no different than asking a friend to pray for you, we do not mean that we are giving saints the adoration that is due to God alone - this is a misunderstanding with the traditional definitions of the words involved. Thus, Catholics normally pray to God, they also pray to their Guardian Angel, their patron saint, other favorite saints, etc. It has been a common Christian belief, actually going back to when we were all Jews, that God assigns an angel to each of us to guard us through life. This angel, our assigned "Guardian" thus prays for us regularly to God, and we can certainly ask his help when we are in need. Catholics believe that the most powerful intercessor is Our Blessed Lady, as evidenced by her intercession for the wedding couple they ran out of wine. We believe that Our Blessed Lord loves His mother very much and always listens to her pleas. This is based on the Scriptures where the Queen Mother interceded for the people. See 1 Kings 1:17, 2:18. Also see the related question below, on why Catholics pray to Mary.

Answer 2

Above all, Roman Catholics pray to God- God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Roman Catholics also pray to the saints, who are those who have lived well and so are in heaven. Roman Catholics pray to saints for their intercession before God and for their help. Most saints are patrons of some situation; for example, St. Jude is the patron of lost causes, so Roman Catholics pray to him when what they are praying for is a lost cause. Roman Catholics also pray to the angels, who are spiritual beings and who adore God in heaven and aid people on earth.

Answer 3

Catholics pray with their family, with fellow Church members. We pray before meetings, at the Knights of Columbus meeting, with our fellow parishioners before meals. I pray in the car if I am with someone, in the restaurant before a meal, etc. Our Blessed Lord told us that we should pray "always". In other words, not just with words, but with our very lives. We should never be doing anything that could not be considered a prayer to our God.

Answer 4

Catholics *really* pray to God, the God of Abraham, Issac, and Joseph; the God of Moses. Catholics pray to His Son, Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ, and to the Holy Spirit. In other words, Catholics pray to the Trinity, the God who created the entire universe and Who holds it in existence. But the Trinity is three Persons in One God, NOT three Gods.

Answer 5

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