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Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.

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Faith, Hope, Philosophical

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Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.

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Powerful, Difficult, Difficulty

Thomas Aquinas (2016). “Questions on Love and Charity: Summa Theologiae, Secunda Secundae, Questions 23–46”, p.128, Yale University Press

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God's precepts are light to the loving, heavy to the fearful.

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Light, Heavy, Fearful

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

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Unbelief is the greatest of sins.

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Religion, Atheism, Sin

Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica (All Complete & Unabridged 3 Parts + Supplement & Appendix + interactive links and annotations)”, p.2852, e-artnow

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If a man deliberately abstains from wine to such an extent that he does serious harm to his nature, he will not be free from blame.

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Wine, Men, Doe

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One faith, St. Paul writes (Eph. 4:5). Hold most firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church ... We must hold this for certain, namely: that the faith of the people at the present day is one with the faith of the people in past centuries. Were this not true, then we would be in a different church than they were in and, literally, the Church would not be One.

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Writing, Past, People

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The truth of the Christian faith surpasses the capacity of reason.

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Christian, Reason, Capacity

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To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.

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Philosophical, Hands, Catholic

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He who does not embrace the teaching of the Church does not have the habit of faith.

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Teaching, Church, Doe

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Bestow upon me, O Lord my God, understanding to know thee, diligence to seek thee, wisdom to find thee, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace thee.

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Understanding, May, Faithfulness

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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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Charity is the form, mover, mother and root of all the virtues.

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Mother, Roots, Saint

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If you seek patience, you will find no better example than the cross. Great patience occurs in two ways: either when one patiently suffers much, or when one suffers things which one is able to avoid and yet does not avoid. Christ endured much on the cross, and did so patiently, because when he suffered he did not threaten; he was led like a sheep to the slaughter and he did not open his mouth.

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Sheep, Two, Suffering

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There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.

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Men, Church, Ark

Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (2000). “The Aquinas Catechism: A Simple Explanation of the Catholic Faith by the Church's Greatest Theologian”, p.78, Sophia Institute Press

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Faith is God's work within us.

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Faith

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The soul is known by it's acts.

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Soul, Known

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Charity brings to life again those who are spiritually dead.

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Charity

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

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Faith will tell us Christ is present, When our human senses fail.

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Failing, Christ, Humans

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Angels transcend every religion, every philosophy, every creed. In fact Angels have no religion as we know it... Their existence precedes every religious system that has ever existed on Earth.

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Religious, Philosophy, Angel

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The apostles and their successors are God's vicars in governing the Church which is built on faith and the sacraments of faith. Wherefore, just as they may not institute another Church, so neither may they deliver another faith, nor institute other sacraments.

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Powerful, Catholic, Church

St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 4 (Part III, First Section)”, p.2362, Cosimo, Inc.

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All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.

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Philosophical, Thoughtful, Love Is

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The highest perfection of human life consists in the mind of man being detached from care, for the sake of God.

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Men, Perfection, Mind

Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1956). “On the Truth of the Catholic Faith: pts. 1-2. Providence”

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The Sacrament of the Body of the Lord puts the demons to flight, defends us against the incentives to vice and to concupiscence, cleanses the soul from sin, quiets the anger of God, enlightens the understanding to know God, inflames the will and the affections with the love of God, fills the memory with spiritual sweetness, confirms the entire man in good, frees us from eternal death, multiplies the merits of a good life, leads us to our everlasting home, and re-animates the body to eternal life

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Spiritual, Good Life, Memories

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Mary means Star of the sea, for as mariners are guided to port by the ocean star, so Christians attain to glory through Mary's maternal intercession.

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Christian, Stars, Ocean

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All my words are but chaff next to the faith of a simple man.

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Simple, Men, Simple Man

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Born: January 28, 1225
Died: March 7, 1274
Occupation: Priest
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