I’m not very religious, but whenever I travel to European countries there’s always a local “Patron Saint” that the locals admonish or pray to (like Saint Sebastien – Patron Saint of Mallorca, or Saint Lucy in Venice being the Patron Saint of the blind). My question is, how is this not technically polytheistic? I thought you were only supposed to pray to God? Thanks!
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We aren’t praying to them. We’re asking them to pray *for* us. It’s in the responsorials: St. Andrew *pray for us*.
Patron saints are what those saints are associated with. If I lose something, I know St. Anthony is the patron saint of lost things. When I pray to God, I can ask St. Anthony to help me with my prayer to God to help me find it.
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