Prayer To Saints
(Steps + Tips On How To Pray)
Prayer To Saints
This guide covers prayer to Saints. Some people mistaken that praying to Saint is worshiping that person. On the contrary, saying a prayer to saint is praying to God. You are praying to someone who can ask God to help you in your various needs. It’s like asking the Saints to “put in a good word” for you with God in Heaven!
Below, you’ll find out what is a prayer to Saint and steps on how to pray. You’ll also discover tips on how to pray effectively and a resource for prayer to saint of your choice.
What Is A Prayer To Saint?
Simply put, a prayer is like a spiritual conversation. When you pray, you seek to activate a rapport with the Divine through deliberate communication.
So a prayer to saints is more like a way of communicating your thoughts, needs, and desires to them. More often than not, you aren’t praying to the Saints but with them. Saints serve as our guides in praising God, sharing our thankfulness, and easing our worries with their intercession.
In this regard, it is worth noting that many compilations of prayer to saints also include prayers by them as well to our Lord. Just know that all these prayers have the same Divine destination, and that is for our salvation.
Steps On How To Pray
From the earliest times, prayer has been an integral part of the worship of God. Believers of all ages have expressed their hearts desires through praise, thanksgiving, prayer, and intercession to and before God. It is so important for God’s people to learn to pray.
Below, we share 4 steps to start praying with the saints.
1. Identify A Saint
2. Draw Meaning From Their Life Or Prayers
Once you have a Saint you identify with, find a prayer they wrote during their lifetimes, or read about a holy event in their lives, and meditate on the words of the prayer or image of the event.
Note that the saints had their weaknesses and struggles just like you do, yet they also had a tremendous devotion to God. They became after their deaths usually done after a lengthy review of both the holiness of their lives and miracles associated with them.
See what sticks out to you during this time or season in your life. Slow down and rest with the Saint you’ve chosen to pray with.
3. Share And Pray Openly
Just as you would pray with friends, talk to the Saint as you would a friend. They desire to help us draw closer to God. They know what it’s like to be human: to struggle, to laugh, to love, to sin, and to seek forgiveness.
You can turn to them as our friends journeying in faith with us. It is no different than asking a friend or family member here on Earth. Share with them what’s on your mind, pray to them what you’re wanting, and any wisdom or comfort you need at the moment.
4. Let Saints Guide You To Holiness
As you being to pray more often with the Saints, let their model of holiness on earth transform you. You don’t need to take on the type of life they lived or make the same vows of poverty or chastity. However, you can replicate their prayer practices if they guide you to live a life of peace, love, and service to God and others.
Prayer To Saint Of Your Choice
A little more on the identification of the Saint for your prayer.
Saints become patrons through an affiliation with a place, event, occupation, or miracles that happen after their passing.
There are many topics of which Saints are patrons, for example, people pray to St. Peregrine for Cancer victims; to St. Dymphna for those with mental or nervous disorders, or epilepsy; and St. Valentine is patron saint for lovers and beekeepers!
Remember to choose a Saint to pray with that you’re drawn to for their life or their words that is applicable to your current need or situation.
Tips On How To Pray
Now that you’ve learnt the steps on how to pray to saints, there is always room for improvement in your prayer life. We’re going to break down 5 simple tips on how pray effectively so as to achieve a more vibrant and purposeful prayer life.
1. Keep Your Prayers Simple With ACTS
ACTS (Adoration, Contrition, Thankfulness, Supplication) is a simple acronym that can guide you to pray.
It is a simple yet powerful way to pray yet the origin of this method is unknown. We can even go back to the ancient prayers from the Bible, such as the Lord’s Prayer, and other Saint prayers and see the structure in action.
A For Adoration
Begin your prayer in adoration and praise of God. Let yourself be filled with wonder at who God is and how He desires to be with you, always. If you want inspiration, you can pray with a Psalm of praise such as Psalm 100, or Psalm 67.
C For Confession
Next, ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you your sinfulness and need for God’s mercy and grace. Name to God particular sins you need forgiveness for at this moment.
T For Thanksgiving
Spend some time now thanking God for the gifts in your life. Try to notice the gifts you often take for granted.
S For Supplication
Lastly, lift up your cares and concerns to God. Pray for the people in your life, for those who are suffering, for the needs of all people throughout the world. Ask God to show you who to pray for today.
Close In Prayer
End your prayer with time in silence with God and an Our Father. Lastly, make the Sign of the Cross.
2. Pray Often & Consistently
How often you should pray is a tough one. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 says we should pray without ceasing. So, that’s a lot.
The objective is that you should always be in communication with God and the Saints. Ideally you want to get to the point where they are the first thing you think of when you wake up, and the last thing you think about before going to bed. It takes great dedication for that to happen, so start somewhere and persist. You will get there!
What could be helpful is finding pockets of 10 minutes every day to pray. Depending on where you are in your walk this might feel like a lifetime or a blink of an eye as 10 minutes is doable.
3. Pray Always From The Heart
Praying becomes more meaningful and purposeful as you pray for yourself and others with real intent and a sincere heart. One of the most important things you should pray for is to know the truth about God and his plan for you. Pray with faith that does not waver and with real intent.
4. Expect Prayers To Be Answered
This is a golden tip. This is a demonstration of faith that your prayers can be answered, regardless of how and when. Answered prayers can come in multiple ways, sometimes as feelings or thoughts that come into your mind.
Sometimes feelings of peace or warmth enter your heart as you read the scriptures or even through events that you’ll experience “answers to your prayers”!
Hence it is so important to prepare yourself for personal revelation will also help you in receiving answers to your prayers. Remember this, the Divine loves us, be it God or the Saints, they hear and they answer.
5. Praying In A Group
We are not made to exist in isolation. God himself is a relationship. Praying with your inner circle, or even a circle of newly-gathered believers, can release the grip of worry, and reignite your desire for God’s will.
Prayer exists to connect you in relationship with the Divine who knows best. You can experience the benefits of praying in a group by posting your prayer on Saints Prayer Miracle wall, and pray for others too.
Prayer To Saints Summary
We hope you enjoyed this Prayer to Saints guide.
It is wonderful to have a great circle of friends who you can call upon to help you in your daily endeavours. Saints are like friends or loved ones that are there 24/7, to guide and support you in your spiritual journey. Learning how to say a prayer to Saints is like having a direct line to Divine intercession!
As you discovered, God calls on us to be saints and with God’s help you can live your life reflecting His love and goodness, letting Him work through you, just like the saints!
You can also join our prayer circle by posting your prayer to saints today here.
The Saint Prayer Miracle was created to be a prayer circle for all believers who wish to pray for blessings and get daily devotionals from holy saints.
Saints didn’t live perfect lives, but they did learn how to lean on God, sow peace, and love others during their time on earth. We pray with the Saints as they desire to help us draw closer to God.
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