Posts Tagged ‘St. Thomas Aquinas’

Water and Wine

When I was a member of St. Joseph’s parish in High Bridge, New Jersey, the church was so crowded at one Easter Sunday Mass that the pastor invited standees to take seats in the sanctuary.   The only people to accept the invitation were a woman and her teenaged daughter.   After Mass, the ...Read More

Mary Magdalene: Apostle of the Apostles

Model Preacher, Evangelizer and Friend of Jesus   A good friend of mine, a no-nonsense man of deep integrity and dynamic faith, was once falsely accused of a crime and was eventually acquitted. He was famously quoted as asking the judge, “Which office do I go to get my reputation back?” ...Read More

The Greatest Virtue

Tomorrow is the anniversary of the canonization of St. Thomas Aquinas—July 18, 1323.   Aquinas is considered not only one of the greatest minds that formed the Catholic understanding of God and humanity but also perhaps the most brilliant philosopher since Aristotle, the ancient Greek thinker.   Pope Francis quoted Aquinas in declaring the ...Read More

Those Who Have Not Seen

In his first letter to the Corinthians, St. Paul recounts the number of persons who saw the risen Christ. In addition to the Apostles and the women, “he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time” (1 Cor 15: 3-8).   Even with this witness, Jesus gave great encouragement ...Read More