17. And those, whom men could not openly honor because they were far off, a likeness of them was carried from far off, and from it they made a similar image of the king that they wanted to honor, so that, by their solicitude, they might worship he who was absent, just as if he were present.





“Lembre-se de que os santos foram sempre criticados pelas pessoas deste mundo, e puseram sob seus pés o mundo e as suas máximas .” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina