Such justification is hidden not only from reason and the world, but also from the saints. For it is not a thought, or word, or work in us, but it quite outside and above us, for it Christ's going to the Father, which means His suffering, Resurrection, and Ascension. And this does not take place within the range of our senses, so that we might see or feel it; but we can grasp it through faith alone.—Luther, Exposition of Jn xvi.
When Dante saw the great apostles in heaven they affect him like mountains. There's lots to be said against devotions to saints; but at last they keep on reminding us that we are very small people compared with them. How much smaller before their Master?—C. S. Lewis, Business of Heaven, p. 168.
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