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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Wednesday, November 7th, 2018. This week on the Catholic Sprouts

podcast, we are talking about saints as we value saints in our Catholic faith. We've talked about

what it means to be a saint and the fact that we are all

called to be a saint. And yesterday we talked about the canonization process, the process by which a

person is recognized in the Catholic Church as a saint. Today we need to tackle some difficult

questions.

Now, as you likely know, many Protestant Christian faiths do not look to saints.

In fact, many of them boldly say they only pray to Jesus and point a finger at us as if we do something strange when we talk about

saints or even pass prayer intentions their way. Some might even think that this is

idolatry. Idolatry meaning we're worshiping something other than God. Well today we are going to clear up

all of these concerns and hopefully get you even more excited about including the saints in your

prayer life. So first of all, some people question if it's okay to have pictures and statues of saints.

The simple answer is yes. Yes, this is okay and even good. The reason why is because think about

your house. Now, chances are you have pictures of your family and other people that you love. You have

pictures of them hanging up. Perhaps your parents keep pictures in their wallet or their purse.

Maybe your dad even keeps pictures of his family on his desk at work. Now, why do we do this?

We do this because looking at these faces of people we

love and care for makes us happy, makes us feel connected to them even when they're not there.

The same is true with saints. We keep pictures of our favorite saints, of saints we feel close to. We keep statues of them so that we are

reminded of their presence. We're reminded that they are close to us, that they are listening to our

needs even when we can't see them. They are like family to us or they can be. And so that is a good

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