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• To restore man, who had been laid low by sin, to the heights of divine glory, the Word of the eternal Father, though containing all things within His immensity, willed to become small. This He did not by putting aside His greatness but by taking to Himself our littleness.

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  Father, Greatness, Men

  St Thomas Aquinas (2002). “Aquinas’s Shorter Summa”, p.3, Sophia Institute Press

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• He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught.

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  Dying, Taught, Hunger

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• How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.

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  Stars, Powerful, War

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• Believing is an act of the intellect assenting to the divine truth by command of the will moved by God through grace.

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  Believe, Catholic, Grace

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• Christ was either liar, lunatic, or Lord!

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  Liars, Christ, Lord

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• How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.

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  Philosophical, Thoughtful, Love Is

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• Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.

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  Love, Philosophical, Thoughtful

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1951). “St. Thomas Aquinas: Philosophical Texts”

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• God destines us for an end beyond the grasp of reason.

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  Reason, Ends

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1969). “Summa theologiae”

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• The Eucharist is the Sacrament of Love; It signifies Love, It produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life.

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  Love, Christian, Spiritual

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• Wonder is the desire of knowledge.

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  Desire, Wonder

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• What does it take to become a saint? Will it.

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  Catholic, Doe, Saint

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• Better to illuminate than merely to shine; to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

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  Powerful, Thoughtful, Love Is

  "Summa Theologica". Book by Thomas Aquinas (Part II-II, Question 188), 1485.

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• See to whom Jesus is drawing near, three kinds of people: to those who make peace with him, to those who are devoted to God, and to those who are kind to their neighbors.

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  Jesus, Drawing, People

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (2010). “The Academic Sermons (The Fathers of the Church, Mediaeval Continuation, Volume 11)”, p.48, CUA Press

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• The Church has ever proved indestructible. Her persecutors have failed to destroy her; in fact, it was during times of persecution that the Church grew more and more; while the persecutors themselves, and those whom the Church would destroy, are the very ones who came to nothing. . . .Again, errors have assailed her; but in fact, the greater the number of errors that have arisen, the more has the truth been made manifest. . . . Nor has the Church failed before the assaults of demons: for she is like a tower of refuge to all who fight against the Devil.

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  Fighting, Errors, Numbers

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• The celebration of Holy Mass is as valuable as the death of Jesus on the cross.

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  Jesus, Sacrifice, Catholic

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• Suppose a person entering a house were to feel heat on the porch, and going further, were to feel the heat increasing, the more they penetrated within. Doubtless, such a person would believe there was a fire in the house, even though they did not see the fire that must be causing all this heat. A similar thing will happen to anyone who considers this world in detail: one will observe that all things are arranged according to their degrees of beauty and excellence, and that the nearer they are to God, the more beautiful and better they are.

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  Beautiful, Believe, Fire

  "Sermon-Conferences of St. Thomas Aquinas on the Apostles' Creed". Book by Thomas Aquinas, 13-14, 2005.

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• Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

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  Friendship, Philosophical, Real Friends

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1948). “Aquinas Selected Political Writings”

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• We should love others truly, for their own sakes rather than our own.

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  Sake, Should

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1955). “Theological texts”

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• In the life of the body a man is sometimes sick, and unless he takes medicine, he will die. Even so in the spiritual life a man is sick on account of sin. For that reason he needs medicine so that he may be restored to health; and this grace is bestowed in the Sacrament of Penance.

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  Spiritual, Men, Medicine

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• The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.

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  Philosophy, Men, May

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• Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.

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  Men, Willpower, Virtue

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1951). “St. Thomas Aquinas: Philosophical Texts”

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• Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.

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  Philosophical

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• He who achieves power by violence does not truly become lord or master.

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  Doe, Violence, Lord

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• The existence of a prime mover- nothing can move itself; there must be a first mover. The first mover is called God.

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  Moving, Firsts, Prime

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• In the end, we know God as unknown.

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  Faith, Ends, Knowing God

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