I believe the magic is balanced... The celebrant of the mass or priest invoking the intercession of the saints is not necessarily drawing angelic power through himself like a cleric does, they petition for the saint to hear them and are granted what they request. There is no tether feeding mana into them or anything. The example emotes will be clarified but it is almost impossible to two emote this magic due to the varied parts.. let me explain that: So for example first you would need to mutter a prayer while doing one of the varied ritualistic gestures ect, then after doing that the miracle would begin. Once the miracle begins you need to emote what exactly happens. That there is about 4 and then you close off the ritual with either another prayer or gesture. So in all it can't rly be done in two emotes the example emotes are just a simplified example of how the magic works. When you mention being able to contact the dead.. it's not like we receive infallible information... The person we contact could be lying to the saint who requests information... we don't know necessarily what is going to happen there. When you mentioned the reasoning behind a Saint compelling someone into speaking truth... Lying is a grave sin and is perceived as a sin not only by Canonists but many other religious groups on LOTC. Untruth is in no way a pure action so having a Saint... a blessed member of the kingdom of above petitioning for Truth... it makes sense. And you are right religion is 100% about faith... the magic simply rewards those faithful priests, monks. bishops, nuns ect with certain charisms. This is once again to differentiate a LOTC Catholic church from a unique religious group. The holy fire is not overpowered at all ... If you are referring to the second miracle of Exd. Owyn the burning sensation on those tainted is quite regular.... nothing too special there.