Answer: As a Roman Catholic the answer to this is very simple : God chose these simple and poor men to be his friends / followers whom we refer to as Apostles.
Catholics believe in saints and they believe that they are in heaven with the Holy Father and praying on our behalf. So praying to saints also gives us favours what we ask for. They are the people chosen by God himself and we are no one to deny God's wish. Others, who are not believers, do not pray to them
The three main apostles are Peter, James and John. He even took them with him when he went to pray alone.
Peter, James, and John accompanied Jesus to the Garden of Gethsemane. They did more sleeping than praying.
The Sabbath day for Peter was the seventh day of the week, the same sabbath day that Jesus kept and the other apostles. In Acts 16:13 we read that Paul went to the riverside on the sabbath day to pray to God. He wanted to retreat from the city and be in a quiet place with God on the sabbath. Thus showing that the apostles still kept the seventh day sabbath as per the 4th commandment.
What happens when you pray the Apostles' Creed is entirely up to you, it is not something magical that does something just because you pray it. If you pray it with right intentions and attention, then you are stating your belief in a whole summary of the Apostolic faith handed down to the Catholic Church from the Apostles.
A saint is someone who has been recognized by the church as being holy. Here are some sentences.Saint Peter stands at the gates of heaven.My saint's day is next week.You can pray to the saints and angels.
The Apostles' Creed is prayed in the Rosary. It is the first prayer in the Rosary.
Apostles Creed
You can pray to St. Nicholas or any saint to ask them to intercede for you to God.
Pray in your own words to him, expressing your needs and what you are asking of him. at the end say" Saint Alberto Hurtado, Pray for Us"
Which Saint Thomas? There are several.
Jesus felt that He was praying by Himself. He was with a few of His apostles but He asked them to stay back and He went to pray by himself. Then when He returned to His apostles He found them sleeping. So, He was praying by himself.
There is no patron saint of finance but St. Matthew is the patron saint of accountants.