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- In rare situations, saints may speak to some people. Most often, the saints help us through their encouraging example to live the Good News generously.
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2 days ago · The most logical, feasible explanation is that they had received prayers (technically, intercessory requests) from people on earth as intermediaries to God. “Elders” in heaven (dead saints) spoke to St. John (Revelation 5:5; 7:13-17), and John spoke to one of them (Revelation 7:14).
May 9, 2020 · In rare situations, saints may speak to some people. Most often, the saints help us through their encouraging example to live the Good News generously.
Can the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Faustina — any saint — really hear all the millions of prayers that are offered to them, and respond to them all? On All Saints Day, Nov. 1, Dr. Robert Stackpole has the answer.
Jul 16, 2019 · Can the saints, they ask, even hear our prayers? Needless to say, many of these brothers and sisters of ours remain unconvinced, though they may find it interesting that St. Thomas Aquinas also considers arguments against the saints being able to know our prayers. Protestants don’t use his exact arguments, but they could.
3 days ago · Some skeptical Bible scholars and Bible critics have argued that it was impossible for Jesus and St. Peter to address thousands of people without a microphone. In fact, successfully addressing 5,000 people or even many more is not impossible at all, and history itself attests to this.
The saints don’t hear our prayers directly, as though via some cosmic text message. They hear them because of their union with God. It’s a prime illustration of what is meant by that mysterious phrase “the communion of saints.” Understanding this also helps us to respond to a common objection.
It just seems impossible to me for the saints to be able to hear and respond to every single intercessory prayer. To answer your good question, Peter, we need to divide it into two parts: (1) Can the saints in heaven actually hear and respond to our prayers - that is, what has God revealed about this in Scripture and Sacred Tradition?
