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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unapologetic Catholic: Why are you praying to Mary? There is no one you need pray to besides God the Father / Son / Holy Spirit. Anything else breaks the first Commandment.[/quote]

Catholics are encouraged to pray to saints, asking them to “intercede” for them with god.

For instance, if your name is Catherine, you might like to pray to st Catherine and ask her to pass on your requests to god. [b]He might pay more attention if one of his saints asks him than he would if asked by a mere mortal. [/b]

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I am honestly LMAO! You really think God needs a support staff through which prayers travel?! I could not be happier that I’m Protestant now and no longer Catholic - this reasoning is absurd![/quote]

I personally don't  think so, but this is Catholic Church teaching.[/quote]

I am a 55 year old life long Catholic who went to Catholic school all the way through law school and not once was I taught that God needs a “support staff” to pray through or to pray to any saint as a way to get God’s attention. Rather, I was always taught that reaching out to saints in prayer was similar to asking friends to pray for you or help support you in a time of need.  [/quote]

Catholic teaching does not use the term “support staff”.  They say “intercession “. Same idea. 
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