WHY CATHOLICS PRAY TO MARY & SAINTS?

WHY CATHOLICS PRAY TO THE SAINTS?
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Good day to all of us! We will discuss now on why we Catholics prayed to Mary and the Saints. This was used long time ago by non-Catholics in attacking Catholic teachings on praying to the Saints. They usually argued on why don't we pray directly to God?
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Our answer to that is that we can actually pray directly to God. An example to that is our prayer called "Our Father" or the Lord's Prayer which is directly asking to God the Father. However, we are not prohibited to asked for an intercessory prayer from Saints. That is why we ask for example we uttered, "Holy Mary, Pray for Us". Because the prayer of the Saints is pleasing to God and God will hear the prayer of the Saints. According to Prov. 15:29
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"The Lord is far from the wicked, and he will hear the prayers of the saints" (Prov 15:29)
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If you think that you are holy or a saint already, then you may pray directly to God without asking help from Saints. But how sure are you that God will hear your prayer? That's the question that we can't answer.
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So that we will not be confused with the words we are using, we will define first the meaning of the word "pray". Let us make it clear that the term "pray" is not automatically means "worship" to God. Because if we look at the Dictionaries, the word "pray" also means "to beg", "to ask", "to implore", "to entreat", "to make a request in a humble manner". Thus, prayer is not only applicable for God, because we can also beg or ask help from humans. In fact, in Legal Terminology, a lawyer is frequently using the term "prayer" or "pray" when he asked favor from the court. However, it doesn't mean that the lawyer is worshiping the judge, just because the former is praying to the latter, but is only asking for a favor. In the same manner, we Catholics prayed to the Saints not because we worshiped them as God, but to ask for help that they will pray for us. Because they are already in heaven with God, and their prayers will be heard by