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It is speaking of those dead in Christ and not those who are saints. The Bible speaks of saints when it tells us of the great cloud of witnesses that surround us and encourage us. So, those alive in Christ who have endured to final salvation are very much alive and praying and encouraging us in our faith. We should go directly to Jesus but the Bible tells us to ask others for prayers and to pray for others out of love for one another. Why not ask the saints to pray for us, does not the Bible say that the prayers of the righteous are of great benefit. It’s OK to pray to saints? First of all it is disingenuous to state that the practice of praying for each other has no biblical foundation, we are instructed in Scripture to have a prayer life for others as it is part of God’s commandment to love one another. (2Co 5:8 DRB) But we are confident and have a good will to be absent rather from the body and to be present with the Lord. The Catholic Church does not teach that it is absolutely nec
