tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927712697319129021.post1834656994001942403..comments2023-10-26T08:00:09.395-05:00Comments on A Catholic Mom climbing the Pillars: A funeral for a friend....Ebethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090396741792229132noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927712697319129021.post-488836110392215762007-10-25T21:52:00.000-05:002007-10-25T21:52:00.000-05:00Thank you, Phat Catholic!! And to this, I quote w...Thank you, Phat Catholic!! <BR/>And to this, I quote what I wrote on the MOMS prayer list I facilitate weekly in my parish about praying to saints:<BR/><BR/>To the thief on the cross to his right, Jesus said, "Amen I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise."Lk 24:43. He didn't say someday, or at the end of time, he said today. Even in Wisdom 3:1-9, it speaks of those who have passed Ebethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090396741792229132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927712697319129021.post-62029021732480794892007-10-25T19:39:00.000-05:002007-10-25T19:39:00.000-05:00James,For someone who isn't out to convert, you su...James,<BR/><BR/>For someone who isn't out to convert, you sure are spreading your message around. Perhaps you are hoping that you'll find a Catholic you can actually convince?<BR/><BR/>On my blog I responded to much of what you have written here. But there are a few new points that I would like to address. Your words will be italicized:<BR/><BR/><EM>To encourage me to pray to the saints, I used phatcatholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06723028878747648927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927712697319129021.post-42779530144440899202007-10-24T16:16:00.000-05:002007-10-24T16:16:00.000-05:00Hi Whitestone.....Thanks for your comments.To enco...Hi Whitestone.....<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments.<BR/>To encourage me to pray to the saints, I used to told the story of a man who wanted a job in a factory. Rather than approach the owner directly, he went to talk to his cousin who already worked there and asked him to take his petition to the owner.<BR/>Or, as a teenager, I was told that if I wanted to stay out late at a party, it was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927712697319129021.post-21771807464826062522007-10-24T08:58:00.000-05:002007-10-24T08:58:00.000-05:00May she rest in peace.James, We are not told 'how'...May she rest in peace.<BR/><BR/>James, We are not told 'how' exactly the saints hear our prayers, only that they do- you see this in Sctipture in revelation that the saints bring our petitions to the throne of God.<BR/>Jesus also said that our guardian angels do the same.<BR/>God pours out His graces and from that we can call on our brothers and sisters in the Church Triumphant (heaven) to pray WhiteStoneNameSeekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817511811745085749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927712697319129021.post-70668078991245999272007-10-22T08:39:00.000-05:002007-10-22T08:39:00.000-05:00Absolutely! lovely post..Absolutely! lovely post..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927712697319129021.post-30285901690735527502007-10-22T06:14:00.000-05:002007-10-22T06:14:00.000-05:00Hi,I came across your blog while out Blogwandering...Hi,<BR/><BR/>I came across your blog while out Blogwandering. I am a Christian based in the UK.<BR/>I wonder if I might raise a question about something which appears in your comments - praying to saints. I ask in all sincerity, not to be offensive in any way.<BR/>Can you tell me exactly how saints in heaven hear prayers? A saint like Padre Pio must receive millions of prayers every day in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com