Subject: What is a patron saint? |
Bible Note: It means what I previously said about allowing the prayer to and veneration of a saint being part of the public litutgy of the Church. On a pactical level for public liturgy it means having a feast day for the saint on the Church calender. Worship is used in the archaic sense of honor not worship as of God but more worship as in honor of deference as in the old days when men holding certain public offices in England were referred to as "your worship" which is the antecednt of "your honor" here in the United States. Emmaus |