The Tuscan Child

by Rhys Bowen

“Then how can prayers be answered if you do not call upon the saints to help? God is obviously too busy to do everything alone.”

I am always so impressed with the simple faith of simple people. In Italy they still take their religion very seriously and it is very much a part of everyday life. Saints are revered to the point that you will often find a mummified saint in a glass coffin in a church. (There was one in the small town where I spent my summers). The local people look upon saints as being more accessible than God and always have a list of personal saints they turn to for help on special occasions.