But such intercession is about much more than seeking and receiving miraculous healing and joy in the

face of
earthly pain and despair. Praying to the saints and blesseds — or, for that matter, to anyone in heaven —
to intercede on our behalf with God connects us to a core belief of our Catholic faith: our communion
with the living and the dead.
Is praying the rosary in the Bible?
A: As you know the bible does "not" tell us to pray the Rosary because this form of prayer
originated only during the middle ages. However, important elements of the Rosary are biblical and/or
belong to the common Christian beliefs.

Is worship of Mary idolatry?

It's easy to see the way Catholics view Mary and assume there must be something sinister going on.
From a distance, it certainly looks a lot like idolatry. But the truth of the matter is that Catholics'
veneration of Mary stems directly from the Bible's teachings and precedents. Nov 8, 2011

Is purgatory in the Bible?

Roman Catholic Christians who believe in purgatory interpret passages such as 2 Maccabees
12:41–46, 2 Timothy 1:18, Matthew 12:32, Luke 23:43, 1 Corinthians 3:11–3:15 and Hebrews
12:29 as support for prayer for purgatorial souls who are believed to be within an active interim state
for the dead undergoing purifying ...
Mark 3:33-35 New Century Version (NCV)

Jesus asked, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” Then he looked at

those sitting around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!
My true brother and sister and mother are those who do what God
wants.”
Matthew 7:21
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall
enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth
the will of my Father which is in heaven.

John 6:40
“And this is the will of him that sent me,

that everyone which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at
the last day.”