“Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruit worthy of repentance.” (Matt. 3:7-8). There are two things which lead to penance, namely, a realization of our own sins and […]
December 20 – Fruit Worthy of Penance
December 19 – Penance
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” (Matt. 3:2) “Do penance, John the Baptist thus announces a certain life. As St. Augustine says, “No one, who is the master of […]
December 18 – The Feast of the Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
“Blessed is the womb that bore you.” (Luke 11:27) The womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary is called blessed on account of many things: Because is bore Him Who is blessed in […]
December 8 – The Feast of the Immaculate Conception
“You are all fair, my love; there is no flaw in you.” (Song of Songs 4:7). Mary was always immune from every sin. First of all in her very conception. For it […]
December 7 – Should God Have Become Incarnate at the Beginning of the World?
It is written (Gal 4:4): “When the fullness of time was come, God sent His Son,” concerning which the gloss says that “the fullness of time – is when it was decreed […]
December 6 – If Man Had Not Sinned Would God Have Become Man?
Augustine explaining Luke 19, says, “’The Son of Man is come to seek and to save which was lost’: — Therefore, if man had not sinned, the Son of Man would not […]
December 3 – Saint John the Baptist
John was accepted witness for Christ, and this is proved by three things which were accomplished by John. The first thing pertains to the condition of nature, namely, “John was a light.” […]
December 2 – The Incarnation of Our Lord was a Most Suitable Remedy
That sacred union of the Divine nature with the human nature was most suitably ordained for man’s salvation, for even though another way was possible for God, still nothing was so fitting […]
December 1 – The Necessity of the Incarnation to Satisfy Sufficiently for Sin
Satisfaction may be said to be sufficient in two ways – first, perfectly, inasmuch as it is condign, being adequate to make good the fault committed, and in this way the satisfaction […]
November 30 – The Necessity of the Incarnation
It was not only necessary that God should become Incarnate for our good, but also for our removal from evil. First, man is taught by it not to prefer the devil […]
November 29 – The Necessity of the Incarnation
A thing is said to be necessary for a certain end in two ways. First, when the end cannot be without it, as food is necessary for the preservation of human life. […]
November 28 – The Suitableness of the Incarnation
It would seem most fitting that by visible things the invisible things of God should be known; for to this end was he world made, as is clear from the word of […]
November 27 – The Greatness of Divine Love
“God so loved the world that he give His only-begotten Son; that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16) The cause of all good things is […]
Reading to my son led me to The Meditations of Saint Thomas Aquinas
The title of this blog post is a bit misleading since I have been aware of and reading St. Thomas Aquinas for nearly 25 years. He is the primary saint that led […]
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