How can you know which saints to ask for intercessory prayers?

Are Catholics required to pray to saints?

Catholics are not required to pray to saints, but it is a common practice in Catholic tradition to seek the intercession of saints for their prayers. This is based on the belief that the saints can intercede on behalf of individuals before God. Ultimately, prayer in the Catholic faith is directed to God, but saints can serve as intercessors.

Could know the relationship and the difference between suplicatiion and prayers?

Supplication is when you ask God for something that you need and prayers is when you pray for everybody in need.

What is a holy image prayed to by eastern orthodox Christians called?

This image is called a holy icon. The Orthodox pray to God, not to icons. Icons are used to ask a saint to pray to God on our behalf. This is called venerating (or honouring). By venerating icons we ask for the saints to pray to God for us, because we know that God hears all prayers, but especially the prayers of his saints, as we read in Revelation 5:8 and in Revelation 8:3-4 "…the prayers of the saints, ascended before God…" Both Orthodox Christians and Roman Catholics (and even some Protestants) accept icons as an important part of Christian life, as this was determined by the Seventh Ecumenical Council.

What is it that Catholics chant or pray?

We chant and pray...well...prayers and praises to the Lord our God and prayers asking angels and saints to pray for us. We give praise and thanks to Him and we mainly ask him to forgive our sins and save us from the fires of hell.

Does God hear our prayers before we even ask?

According to some religious beliefs, God is omniscient and may know our prayers before we ask them. This concept suggests that God is aware of our thoughts and needs even before we vocalize them in prayer.

Why do Catholics pray to saints when Jesus said the only way to the Father is through Him it never mentions in the Bible to pray to saints?

In reality, we do not so much as pray 'to' the saints as 'through' the saints. We ask them to join us in our prayers to God for a special intention. It is no different than asking a friend to pray for you or your intentions. The saints are part of the Mystical Body of Christ, as we also are if we are in God's favor. Another term is the Communion of Saints. We are one big family divided only by our current state of existence.

What are some prayers of sorrow?

To ask God for something.

Why do they ask intercessions from the Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints?

Mary and other saints can be venerated but not adore like we owe to Jesus.Therefore,Mary and many of the saints can be an intercessor because they are righteous men and women in heaven.They can pray to us and the Lord God grant their favor because what they do is in favor of the Lord.Anyone in heaven,we may able to ask our intercession.

Is there a cheat code to buy all the stores at once on saints row 2?

I dont know myself but you should ask on wiki answers they might know.

Why do Roman Catholics pray 'with' a saint?

I am not Catholic, so I cannot say I am 100% sure this is correct. I myself do ask Saints to pray FOR me. Just like anyone else."Sarah will please you pray for me? I have the flu. Thanks.""Saint Sarah will you please pray for me? I have the flu. Amen."The difference is that one person was alive, and one person is alive.It would make sense to ask someone to pray for you who is very close to God. I would say that someone who is very close to God certainly knows how to pray for you. It is said somewhere in the end of Revelations that there were bowels of incense, which were the prayers of the saints. That is where the whole thing came from. Even if you choose not to ask saints to pray for you, you can certainly learn a LOT from them about your life with God. They are very loving people. Hope this helps anyone who reads.Catholics consider all those in a state of grace in the eyes of the Lord to be part of the Communion of Saints along with the saints in heaven - the Mystical Body of Christ. They are our intercessors in Heaven. They stand before the throne of God and know how to pray much better that we do here on earth. Can and do we pray directly to God? Yes we do. But, perhaps, we have a special favor to ask and we know a particular saint is a "specialist" in that area, such as St. Anthony helping to find lost items or St. Jude who is a specialist for hopeless causes. We can pray to them to "put in the good word for us" to Our Lord. It is no different that asking a close friend to pray for a special intention we might have. The only difference is we can see our friend but the saints we can not see. Sometimes it helps to pray directly to God and also to ask the help of a saint or saints..Catholic AnswerFirst of all, Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the Catholic Church. .Secondly, Catholics believe in the "Communion of Saints", that means that everyone in the Church is connected in the Mystical Body of Christ. The Church sees itself as divided into three segments called The Church Militant (those of us still on earth), the Church Suffering (those in purgatory), and the Church Triumphant (those in heaven). Protestants have a very confused idea of what happens to a person when they die, I have hear some preachers who claim that all a person has to do is quit breathing, and they are in heaven treading the golden bricks of heaven's road. Others seem to think that the dead are in some kind of sleep until the end of the world, and Christ's return. Catholics believe that the saints are those who have died and are now in heaven with God, they are more alive and aware then you and I are who still see as through a glass darkly. They are with God, and just as we pray for others, the saints pray for those they love, so we ask for their prayers constantly.

Why do Catholics pray through saints?

The reason is because saints are closer to God than us. We ask them to intercede (Pray for us/ask God something for us)We can just pray to God but prayers of saints are stronger than our prayers.Catholics do not pray to saints they ask saints to pray for them. Hence, Mary, Mother of God pray for us. It is the equivalent of asking a friend to pray for you, but better because the saints are already in Heaven and are closer to God.It is just like asking someone on earth to pray for you except that the saints are in heaven. They love Jesus and they love to pray to Him for others. Many miracles have been performed through the intercession of saints..Catholic AnswerTo understand asking for the intercession of the saints, one must first understand the Communion of Saints. .from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980Communion of Saints.The unity and co-operation of the members of the Church on earth with those in heaven and in purgatory. They are united as being one Mystical Body of Christ. The faithful on earth are in communion with each other by professing the same faith, obeying the same authority, and assisting each other with their prayers and good works. They are in communion with the saints in heaven by honoring them as glorified members of the Church, invoking their prayers and aid, and striving to imitate their virtues. They are in communion with the souls in purgatory by helping them with their prayers and good works.So the Communion of Saints involved all people in the Church, what used to be called the Church Militant (those on earth), the Church Suffering (those in purgatory), and the Church Triumphant (those in heaven). Those in heaven are known as saints, as St. Paul says, they have run the race and gotten the prize, they are with God now. They are perfect and are very much interested in their younger brothers and sisters on earth (us). They can help us immeasurably with their prayers and supplications for us. So, just as we would ask a friend to pray for us, these friends of ours in heaven can pray much better, and we ask for their prayers, as well. As this is part of revealed Christianity, and we have been doing it from the beginning, it is baffling why protestants have rejected the Communion of Saints, which is right in the Creed!.This is a difficult question for Catholics to deal with because they do not understand why someone wouldn't pray to saints. After all, it is all through the Bible, and has been part of Christianity since the very beginning. The saints are very much alive, in heaven, and they love us, as Catholic theologian Ludwig Ott wrote: The angels and the saints lay the prayers of the holy on earth at the feet of God, that is, they support them with their intercession as also might be expected from the permanency of charity (1 Cor. 13:8). the propriety of invoking them logically follows from the fact of their intercession (Ott, 318).For the intercession of the saints and their connection with the earth, please consult the following Bible verses:Rev 5:8; 6:9-10; 8:3-4; Matthew 17:1-3, Matthew 27:52-53. For a complete discussion of this, please get The Catholic Versesby Dave Armstrong and read chapter Ten on the Communion of Saints. (link below)

What did Paul ask God to take away in his prayers?

In his prayers, Paul asked God to take away a "thorn in the flesh."