On Devotion to Saints

It is a reality that to be educated and instilled early in life on religious concerns greatly affects one’s learnings and leanings. My primary and secondary education saw me reading and studying books and absorbing lessons on the Catholic faith. I imbibed the Thomasian teachings on God, the Holy Trinity, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Holy Rosary, Heaven and Hell, the existence of purgatory, the Final Judgment, the Seven Sacraments and the Communion of Saints. I accept and acknowledge such Catholic teachings as true, and I admit to be an opinionated person however anyone might try proving to me such teachings as false.

Like in the topic of the saints and my devotion to Saint Rita of Cascia and the Miraculous Infant Jesus of Prague. Others have questioned it, arguing that only God deserves worship and adoration, to which I agree a hundred percent. I worship only the Lord God. And to the saints, particularly Saint Rita of Cascia and the Miraculous Infant Jesus of Prague, I believe, honor and acknowledge them as intercessors to God. I even believe that owning their likeness such as statues and patron saint medals is just a way of honoring them. However, I believe that they are not even the way to the Lord, because only Jesus Christ is. For me, saints are more like messengers and bringers of our prayers and intentions. And indeed in my case they have proven to be such reliable ones, to which I am totally grateful.

Saints: Ideal and Perfect Models

Saints, especially the patron saints such as Saint Rita of Cascia and the Miraculous Infant Jesus of Prague in my case, act as our intercessors to the Lord. They are powerful mediators who act as a powerful messenger and bringers of our requests to the Lord.

And they are only happy to be of help to those who pray to them and ask for their assistance and intercession.

Saints, aside from being an able intercessor can also serve as a perfect model especially for young men and women. Saints have lived their lives with the practice of great virtues such as charity, love and poverty. Perfect examples are the lives and sufferings of Saint Rita of Cascia and the Miraculous Infant Jesus of Prague.

Saint Rita, for example as lived her life in pain and suffering because of the loss of her family, yet she wholeheartedly and willingly accepted her fate as something that came from the Lord. She also lived a life of humility and poverty and she offered them up to the Lord. Saint Rita lived the life that we must all emulate.