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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Asking a saint to pray for you or a particular request of yours is not any different from asking friends and family members to pray for you. Of course, we could all pray only for ourselves, but many people do pray for others and ask others to pray for them. Including those who are already in heaven in those requests for prayers is something some people like to do, but no one has to do this and the Catholic Church does not require the practice.

Prayer is a very personal thing. I know that my mother prayed for me regularly when she was alive, and I still ask her to pray for me now that she is gone. Anyone in heaven is a saint and I hope, and pray, that my mother is in heaven now and is praying for me.

OP, do you understand that asking those in heaven to pray for us is the same as asking friends to pray for us? 
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I would think having people (i.e.,  saints) pray for you in heaven is much better than having living friends praying for you, because you know the saints are holy, free from sin and have the ear of God. You can't know that about your living friends.  They may have committed mortal sins for which they have not been absolved. I doubt God would listen to them over his own saints in heaven.  [/quote]

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