[Aquinasfan]

Timothy and the other believers were still alive on the earth. That's a crucial distinction. You're praying to those who have died. Yes, they are alive forever in heaven, but they died, and they are not God.

Revelation 5:8

And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

[savedbygrace]

Non-responsive. Nothing there indicates that those prayers were offered by those on earth to anyone but God.

[GirlShortstop]

 
Good morning brothers and sisters.   Thank you for sharing and charitably explaining our faith on this thread.  I hope you won't mind me offering an observation that I have made here, in this thread.   One two occassions I asked straightforward questions, and the responses had to be inferred by actions (read anti-Catholic "attacks").  If you should decide to persist in explaining a holy, Catholic position, I hope that you'll be mindful of today's Gospel, and successful in turning the other cheek.  God Bless, and FReegards!
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