Chapter IV — On the invocation of the Saints

1. Is it a good and useful thing to have recourse to the intercession of the Saints?

It is most useful to pray to the Saints, and every Christian must do so. We must especially pray to our Guardian Angels, to Saint Joseph, Patron of the Church, to the holy Apostles, to the Saints whose name we bear, and to the holy Patrons of the diocese and of the parish.

2. What difference is there between the prayers we make to God and those we make to the Saints?

Between the prayers we make to God and those we make to the Saints there is this difference: that we pray to God so that, as the author of graces, He may give us goods and deliver us from evils; and we pray to the Saints so that, as advocates before God, they may intercede for us.

3. When we say that a Saint has granted a grace, what do we mean?

When we say that a Saint has granted a grace, we mean that that Saint has obtained from God that grace.