The Importance of Relics in Pilgrimage

The point of going on pilgrimage is to be strengthened for the purpose of the rest of the journey on life, right? So you go to the saint so that you can know the saint and so that the saint will continue to aid you. And if you have third class relic of same time as Aquinas that you offer to a dying brother don't be overly disappointed when you are rebuffed because it might turn into a first class relic of Saint Antoninus of Florence.