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.
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