March 1, 2012 – Hebrews 12

I sometimes don’t understand people’s objections to the Catholic beliefs on saint and their ability to intercede for us. I have heard many people say that someone they love is looking down on them. We don’t seem to have any trouble thinking that those that are in Heaven have the ability to see what is going on in our lives. The first verse confirms this idea with the idea that a cloud of witnesses (martyrs) surround us. If they surround us or look down upon us, they know what we need. They know what we are asking for and what we are struggling with. If you think someone you love and lived a good life here on Earth lived in such a way that they made it to Heaven and you think that they can see you struggling with something, is it a leap to think they would ask God or intercede for you. They love you and want you help you. It seems the most sensible thing in the world to ask them to pray for us. And if your loved one can do so, why not a holy person such as St. Francis.