You are probably familiar with the “sinner's prayer.” Perhaps you have even prayed it at some point in your life. This prayer is often traced back to the evangelistic campaigns of Billy Sunday ...

O most holy and pure virgin! O my mother! You who are the mother of my Lord, the queen of the world, the advocate and refuge of sinners! I, a most wretched sinner, now come to you. I honor you ...

Praying with saints makes sense. With sinners, not so much." Then I caught myself. What about Augustine (who, of course, was both) or, for that matter, so was Peter? Irish Dominican Friar Paul B.