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== Intercession of the Saints according to the Epistles == | == Intercession of the Saints according to the Epistles == | ||
=== Confession and Intercession === | |||
From the Epistle of James, the author instructs that prayer is powerful and effective: | |||
pray for one another, that you may be healed. The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful. ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/james/5?16 Jas 5:16]) | |||
There is no direct reference to intercession of the Saints, here. | |||
However, if we put James 5:16 together with Luke 29:31 and Matthew 27:50, which affirm the interactions of the dead with the mortal world, then James' advise that "the fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful" means that if through our prayers a Saint pray for us, then that prayer of the Saint, who is by definition righteous, is "very powerful." | |||