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Subject: Re: invoking saints (Re: 'Veneration of the 'Saints'')
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    >Why is it OK for someone who is alive to be a mediator for you to God
    >and not some one who is dead?
    
    
    Because dead people are asleep in the ground awaiting the resurrection, that's
    why. Psalm 6:5, and elsewhere -- I could elaborate if people are interested.
    
    TP

I do not agree with your view of the state of the dead.  However, it is
easier to point this out:

Your objection does not apply to angels.

So, let us ask St. Michael and all the holy angels to pray for us.

Joe Buehler