Saint Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor, is well known for his voluminous writings, his mind-bending theological and philosophical insights, and the unparalleled beauty of his Eucharistic hymns. And yet, above all else, Aquinas was a man of prayer – after a mystical experience he had near the end of his life, he declared that all…
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Today is the feast day of one of my all time favorite saints. A saint who forged the principles of Aristotelian philosophy with the principles of Christianity. He is honored as a Doctor of the Church, and considered the Church’s greatest theologian and philosopher. He was an Italian Dominican friar and Catholic priest. An immensely…
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AQUINAS Whether God is everywhere? (Summa Theologica Part 1, Question 8, Article 2, Corpus) (it’s something you’ve probably wondered… where is God? Of course, Jesus (God) is in the Eucharist but what about in our everyday lives? Where can we find him? Is He everywhere? Here’s what St. Thomas has to say about this question.)…
Read MoreOutside My Window…a clear, cold January morning – happy to see the sun shining after a gloomy weekend and much relieved to have dodged the fluffy white stuff so far this winter. I am thankful…For a wonderful Christmas vacation and the fact that as a homeschooling family, our first day back to school in January…
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ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Whether all things are good by the divine goodness? (Summa Theologica Part 1, Question 6, Article 4, Corpus) (We know God is the ultimate goodness, in fact God is Goodness itself. But how does that relate to us and all the other good things in the world? St. Thomas explains this here…
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