Prayer to the Saints? Us crazy catholics

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so, in rome i got the chance to see that catecombs and that was actually really creepy. we saw the catecombs of St. Sebastian, where peter was temporarily buried during the persecutions by nero.

anyway, what interested me the most was that on top of what used to be the burial hill (which is now underground with a church built on top) was a stone building used for eating when visiting dead loved ones. only fragments of the walls remain, but they are covered with scratched messages from as early as 300 AD. what do these messages say? they are written to loved ones for prayers... one in particular dating fromm 324 AD states: "Saints Peter and Paul, pray for victor" and then the date.

what does this mean? as early as 300 AD prayers for intercession from the saints were being made by the faithful. pretty powerful message that early christians definately believed in a living and prayerful sainthood, especially because its written in stone.

-- paul h (dontsendmemail@notanaddress.com), May 22, 2004

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-- bump (bump@bump.bump), May 22, 2004.

Cool. Have you posted about your audience w/ the Pope?

-- mark advent (adventm5477@earthlink.net), May 22, 2004.

yes, i posted in the thread "pray for the pope and for me"

-- paul h (dontsendmemail@notanaddress.com), May 23, 2004.

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