Why pray to the Saints in heaven?   No one would say it is wrong to ask friends to pray for you.   The saints in heaven are also our friends.   When we pray to them, we are not asking that they give us some blessing.   No, we are only asking them to pray for us.   But should you not pray for yourself?   Of course, but all would agree that being joined in prayer of others is desirable.   Finally, if such prayer by the saints in heaven is God's will, who can object?   It is the Catholic Church's teaching that it indeed is God's will.   The saints in heaven contemplate God, praise Him, and constantly care for those whom they left on earth.   "When they entered the joy of their Master, they were 'put in charge of many things'." - The Catechism of the Catholic Church p. 645.   See Matt. 25:21.

      At St. Bernadette Catholic Church we especially seek the prayers of St. Bernadette Soubirous for whom our parish is named. *