Saintly etiquette?

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I’d like to cultivate a more stable devotion to Our Lady and a few of the saints… but I’m unclear about when to pray to them. If I were praying directly to God before I fell asleep, for instance, would it be appropriate to veer off and talk to Mary/St. Thomas Aquinas/etc. ? 😛 If this is all just an exercise in scrupulosity, feel free to shrug this off.
 
You are not being scrupulous, you are learning and trying to “do it right.” I’m a new convert so I totally understand.

And the answer is - Go for it!

The saints are all united to God. We are still focusing on God when we talk to them, but with a shift in emphasis. You can think of God as light and the saints as different facets of a crystal, and the light shows up differently in each facet.

And I love that you are praying to Thomas Aquinas - he is one of my favorites, too. :heaven:
 
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