All verses are from RSV. The argument is a rather simple one, based on a combination of different factors. The nutshell (mostly) implicitly biblical argument for asking saints to pray for us is as ...

We are currently in the rising of the third great wave of angels. The first was in biblical times, when they only appeared to the occasional prophet or patriarch. The second was during the medieval ...

Contrary to many non-Catholic claims, biblical evidence for these practices is abundant. 1) We ask others on earth to pray for us. 2) Angels (many passages) and dead saints (Rev 6:9-10) care very much ...