Actually, No.
I have never asked anyone to pray for me, as I have never asked anyone for a gift. (except as a child from Santa)
While I appreciate the furtherance of my understanding of the Saint and the act of veneration, my religious training and my understanding of the afterlife and God preclude me from this concept.
I would hope that all Catholics, Anglicans and Lutherans along with others who speak to or with Saints and inanimate objects would also accept that I do not and cannot. And that I view it as a unnecessary complication at the very least.
I do not, and should not even say what images it brings to my minds eye when I think about it.
But, at least I have improved my sense of understanding regarding this issue. I would hope the feeling is mutual.
My wife is from a much more "open" background (they have Buddhists in the family), and mine is good old fashioned, cut and dried, Christian Church ~ so she joined in with our friends (to a degree), and I stood at the back of the room with the Moslems!
"In that day they will not do the burnt offering...." ~~ and that's after the Messiah comes.
I've often wondered if a Jew had been present if he'd participated in the burnt offering, or join the hard-core Christian "fundies" and the Moslems at the back of the room. Any guesses?
(NOTE: It's the same burnt offering made for the same purposes as in the good old days ~ here a banana became the substitute sacrifice ~ a really good banana too, selected from a select position on a large bunch ~ a regular ol' "first fruits" type of fruit).