Should we venerate saints as intercessors with God?
Yes, we should venerate and ask the saints for help through our lives. We Roman Catholics not only pray to Jesus, God the Father, and the Holy Ghost, but we can also ask the saints to intercede for us. Also while they were here God gave them certain holy objects for our use through this life. God gave to St Margaret Mary the Miraculous medal, to St. Simon stock He gave us the brown Scapular, to St. Faustina he gave the miraculous picture of His pouring out of graces to the world, to St Benedict the great medal of protection from evil and probably the greatest of all God gave us our Blessed Mother’s Rosary for prayer and meditation of His life and Her life. There are more but you get the drift of what I am saying, I hope. Why bother giving us all these things if they were not to be used? Why put these people through the holy lives they lead if they were not to be an example for us to attain heaven? It is true they lived and lived extraordinary lives, they also were given the power throu
