{"id":3561,"date":"2017-10-24T19:55:19","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T23:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=3561"},"modified":"2017-10-22T21:57:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T01:57:44","slug":"can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers","title":{"rendered":"How can Mary and the Saints in Heaven hear our prayers?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/1aM6K0BSF68\" title=\"How can Mary and the Saints in Heaven hear our prayers?\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u00a0How can Mary and the Saints in Heaven hear our prayers? Jimmy Akin explains how it is possible that the saints in heaven can hear the prayers of so many people at once.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0How can Mary and the Saints in Heaven hear our prayers? Jimmy Akin explains how it is possible that the saints in heaven can hear the prayers of so many people at once.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[54,37],"tags":[31,311],"class_list":["post-3561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-catechesis-videos","category-videos","tag-mother-mary","tag-saints"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How can Mary and the Saints in Heaven hear our prayers?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How can Mary and the Saints in Heaven hear our prayers?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0How can Mary and the Saints in Heaven hear our prayers? Jimmy Akin explains how it is possible that the saints in heaven can hear the prayers of so many people at once.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Share Catholic - Sharing God&#039;s Love\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShareCatholic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-24T23:55:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/How-can-Mary-and-the-Saints-in-Heaven-hear-our-prayers.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laurel D&#039;Souza\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laurel D&#039;Souza\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laurel D'Souza\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f9725b2a0456f1406795eb671b079ca2\"},\"headline\":\"How can Mary and the Saints in Heaven hear our prayers?\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-24T23:55:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers\"},\"wordCount\":53,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/How-can-Mary-and-the-Saints-in-Heaven-hear-our-prayers.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Mother Mary\",\"Saints\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Catechesis\",\"Videos\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers\",\"name\":\"How can Mary and the Saints in Heaven hear our prayers?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/How-can-Mary-and-the-Saints-in-Heaven-hear-our-prayers.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-24T23:55:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f9725b2a0456f1406795eb671b079ca2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/How-can-Mary-and-the-Saints-in-Heaven-hear-our-prayers.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/How-can-Mary-and-the-Saints-in-Heaven-hear-our-prayers.jpeg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How can Mary and the Saints in Heaven hear our prayers?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Share Catholic - Sharing God&#039;s Love\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f9725b2a0456f1406795eb671b079ca2\",\"name\":\"Laurel D'Souza\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7a2dd98711471919762a56750adae1cb7d78eae3d399d33ebf65ceb7ba76acc9?s=96&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7a2dd98711471919762a56750adae1cb7d78eae3d399d33ebf65ceb7ba76acc9?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7a2dd98711471919762a56750adae1cb7d78eae3d399d33ebf65ceb7ba76acc9?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Laurel D'Souza\"},\"description\":\"Laurel D'Souza is a cradle Catholic, who rediscovered his faith during his years in college. Today he is a professional network engineer, web developer, amateur lay apologist and Founder of Share Catholic. Together with his wife, Sharrel, they strive to to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ and share the beauty of the Catholic Faith.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.sharecatholic.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/ldsouza\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How can Mary and the Saints in Heaven hear our prayers?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How can Mary and the Saints in Heaven hear our prayers?","og_description":"\u00a0How can Mary and the Saints in Heaven hear our prayers? Jimmy Akin explains how it is possible that the saints in heaven can hear the prayers of so many people at once.","og_url":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers","og_site_name":"Share Catholic - Sharing God&#039;s Love","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShareCatholic","article_published_time":"2017-10-24T23:55:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/How-can-Mary-and-the-Saints-in-Heaven-hear-our-prayers.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Laurel D'Souza","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Laurel D'Souza"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers"},"author":{"name":"Laurel D'Souza","@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f9725b2a0456f1406795eb671b079ca2"},"headline":"How can Mary and the Saints in Heaven hear our prayers?","datePublished":"2017-10-24T23:55:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers"},"wordCount":53,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/How-can-Mary-and-the-Saints-in-Heaven-hear-our-prayers.jpeg","keywords":["Mother Mary","Saints"],"articleSection":["Catechesis","Videos"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers","url":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers","name":"How can Mary and the Saints in Heaven hear our prayers?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/How-can-Mary-and-the-Saints-in-Heaven-hear-our-prayers.jpeg","datePublished":"2017-10-24T23:55:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f9725b2a0456f1406795eb671b079ca2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/How-can-Mary-and-the-Saints-in-Heaven-hear-our-prayers.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/How-can-Mary-and-the-Saints-in-Heaven-hear-our-prayers.jpeg","width":1280,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/can-mary-saints-heaven-hear-prayers#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How can Mary and the Saints in Heaven hear our prayers?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/","name":"Share Catholic - Sharing God&#039;s Love","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f9725b2a0456f1406795eb671b079ca2","name":"Laurel D'Souza","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a2dd98711471919762a56750adae1cb7d78eae3d399d33ebf65ceb7ba76acc9?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a2dd98711471919762a56750adae1cb7d78eae3d399d33ebf65ceb7ba76acc9?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a2dd98711471919762a56750adae1cb7d78eae3d399d33ebf65ceb7ba76acc9?s=96&r=g","caption":"Laurel D'Souza"},"description":"Laurel D'Souza is a cradle Catholic, who rediscovered his faith during his years in college. Today he is a professional network engineer, web developer, amateur lay apologist and Founder of Share Catholic. Together with his wife, Sharrel, they strive to to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ and share the beauty of the Catholic Faith.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.sharecatholic.com"],"url":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/author\/ldsouza"}]}},"views":4268,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3563,"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3561\/revisions\/3563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}