Find one example from scripture of deceased people being asked to pray for us.
1Samuel28
I like Sarah Palin too.
The Roman Catholic Church does NOT teach that ‘deceased’ people are asked for prayers. Catholics believe all people have souls that will live for all eternity. The Catholic Church teaches that we ALL have the opportunity to be made alive in Jesus Christ & live with him.
Many Protestants will have a ‘prayer chain’ & ask people in that church to pray. Catholics believe there is only ONE church & it includes all the Saints in Heaven & all the people on Earth who are in God’s Grace. When Catholics pray, we also ask the >living Saints in Heaven to pray too.
In Revelation 5: 8> ‘Each of the elders held...gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the holy ones.’ Those are our prayers. The Saints in Heaven are presenting our prayers to God as part of a ‘Prayer-Chain’ that includes the entire Church.
Bless you for reading the Bible. BUT, hopefully, you’ll notice,> Jesus did NOT walk around the Holy Lands with a sack of Bibles handing the Bibles out to people saying, ‘Here read this & argue about it until I return at the End of Days.’ Jesus walked the Holy Lands building a Church & out of that Church came the Bible. I recommend you look for the Church established by Jesus Christ as Scripture promises the Gates of Hell will not prevail against that Church.
Peace! I didn’t respond to your comment to quarrel. I just like = ‘draft Palin.’ I felt I should explain the Catholic position that Catholics do NOT pray to deceased people but to those Saints in Heaven who have been made ‘Alive through Jesus Christ’ & will live forever with God in Heaven.
See, now I would have gone with Revelations, where the firstfruits watch events unfolding on the Earth below, and pour out the incense, which it says are the prayers of the faithful below, out before God.
Yeah, no kidding. And we see how that was looked upon.