Of Prayers with Regard to the Saints in Heaven (Three Articles)
Summa Theologica — Saint Thomas Aquinas
We must now consider prayer with regard to the saints in heaven. Under this head there are three points of inquiry:

(1) Whether the saints have knowledge of our prayers?

(2) Whether we should beseech them to pray for us?

(3) Whether the prayers they pour forth for us are always granted?

whether general suffrages avail those
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