The worship of saints. TFA: > He recounted that he reacted with “gratitude and emotion because Aquinas is someone that I’ve not only studied for a long time a

The worship of saints. TFA: > He recounted that he reacted with “gratitude and emotion because Aquinas is someone that I’ve not only studied for a long time and taken as a teacher, but also someone I’ve grown to know and love as a saint — and as a spiritual master.” > “When I saw the reconstruction of his face, it was easier for me to imagine him as a real person who I can have a living relationship with; as a patron saint and as a guide,” he added.