Yes! As Jesus in response to the Saducees speaks of how the dead patriarchs are in fact alive. Those in heaven and those Christians on earth form one body in Christ. So asking someone alive in Christ to pray for you is very much allowed.
There is also the clear reference in 2 Maccabees as to how those on earth can assist the dead. This being the case it seems likely that those in heaven can help us.
2 Maccabees 12: 43-46
“He then took up a collection among all his soldiers, amounting to two thousand silver drachmas, which he sent to Jerusalem to provide for an expiatory sacrifice. In doing this he acted in a very excellent and noble way, inasmuch as he had the resurrection in mind; for if he were not expecting the fallen to rise again, it would have been superfluous and foolish to pray for the dead. But if he did this with a view to the splendid reward that awaits those who had gone to rest in godliness, it was a holy and pious thought. Thus he made atonement for the dead that they might be absolved from their sin.” (New American Bible)
That Luther threw this book out of the Bible in the 16th century 1500 years after Our Lord founded his Church is no argument for its exclusion!
I hope this helps. Please ask more questions or point out my errors. Thanks! Many, many prayers and blessings to you!
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