Can you pray to father Emil Kapaun??? Posted June 24, 2009

Here is an example of what prayer is NOT!


"Chase survived in part because hundreds of people prayed to Father Emil Kapaun to intercede on his behalf. It was absolutely a miracle." — Paula Kear, Chase's mother


WHO IS Father Kapaun???

Kapaun was a chaplain assigned to the U.S. Army's Eighth Cavalry regiment, which was surrounded and overrun by the Chinese army in North Korea in October and November 1951.

Kapaun became a hero, rescuing wounded soldiers from the battlefield and risking death by preventing Chinese executions of wounded Americans too injured to walk.

He became a hero again in prison camp, stealing food for prisoners, ministering to the sick, saying the rosary for soldiers, defying guards' attempts to indoctrinate soldiers, making pots and pans out of roofing tin so that soldiers could boil snow into drinking water and boil lice out of their filthy clothing.

Hundreds of American prisoners died in the camp of exposure or starvation or illness that first winter. The Chinese guards did nothing to tend Kapaun when he became sick; he died in May 1951, two years before the war ended.

Soldiers who survived have praised Kapaun for decades; some of them have said he deserved not only sainthood but the Medal of Honor, in addition to the lesser Distinguished Service Cross the Army awarded him after his death.

http://www.kansas.com/196/story/861812.html


WRONG!

Chase was given another chance to live through PRAYERS to Jesus Christ interceding on Chase's behalf through the Heavenly Father Almighty Jehovah.

And it is God's ultimate decision for Chase to LIVE or NOT!

You are instructed to pray to your heavenly Father in Heaven NOT MAN!


Psalm 54:2
Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.

Matthew 6:5-7

Prayer
5"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

Matthew 6:8-16

8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

9"This, then, is how you should pray:
" 'Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
11Give us today our daily bread.
12Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.[a]' 14For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

What does the Bible say about consulting the dead, or prayer to "saints"?

Deuteronomy 18:10-12

10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, 11 or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. 12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD, and because of these detestable practices the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you.

Dead people can't be prayed to and expect a response from them.

THAT IS WITCHCRAFT being conceived in your mind.

Father Emil Kapaun died in May 1951!!!

What are the 2 DEATHS people experience in life?

PHYSICAL

SPIRITUAL

Romans 6:11
In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 7:4
So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.

How can WE avoid the 2nd DEATH- SPIRITUAL DEATH?

Romans 10:8-10

8But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,"that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.

So in conclusion, prayer is intimate, important, and most certainly not for those who are dead. We can't help the dead. There path has already been chosen, and they can't help the living through praying to them.