Monday, March 8, 2021

More Wisdom from Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene

 

The preaching of a holy priest will move hearts; an enlightened director will make souls recognize what God wills; a generous priest will know how to bear fatigue in administering the sacraments. People are won when Christian doctrine is presented as attractively and clearly as it deserves. Thus, Saint Teresa says, we must pray that priests be holy.

— Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene
from The Way of Prayer: A Commentary on St. Teresa’s Way of Perfection

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Aquinas on the Four Last Things

 

What happens at the
moment we die?

 
Do our souls
go immediately to
heaven or hell? 


Once there, can they
ever leave?


Can we predict the time of
the Final Judgment?


Few saints have pondered
such questions more deeply than
St. Thomas Aquinas — history’s
greatest theologian.






In these pages, Dr. Kevin Vost
has made readable and accessible
St. Thomas’s core teachings on
the Four Last Things and the
wondrous events God has
in store for us.


Vost explores the destination of
our souls after death and uncovers
the mysteries surrounding
limbo and purgatory.


He unveils what our bodies
will look like at the resurrection
and identifies the four special gifts
that will perfect our bodies
in heaven.


You’ll learn whether sinners
will be “left behind” on earth
and why we pray to the saints
 and for the dead. 


You won’t find here any long,
unwieldy theological treatises, but
rather rapid-fire summaries in simple
language that answer for you a wide
range of questions, including:

 

  • Will children who die without Baptism suffer eternal punishment? 
     
  • Where is purgatory mentioned in the Bible?
     
  • Will our glorified bodies emanate light?
     
  • How could God, in His justice, punish us eternally for the sins we committed in our short time on earth?
     
  • What kinds of rewards await us in heaven?



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You will learn:

 

  • The four steps to training your memory
     
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  • Why critical thinking alone is insufficient for reaching the truth
     
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  • The key to effectively reading any book
     
  • How to set your intellect free by avoiding worldly entanglements
     
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Pius XI called St. Thomas Aquinas
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advantage and with the greatest
profit to themselves.”


Leo XIII urged us all to
“follow the example of St. Thomas.”


Over the centuries, dozens
of other popes have praised him.


Surely it is time to heed
their advice and “go to Thomas”
and learn to think like him, and,
yes, live like him.

 





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Daily Quote - Let him never cease from prayer...

 


Wisdom from Pope Saint John Paul II

 

Work is a good thing for man -- a good thing for his humanity -- because through work man not only transforms nature, adapting it to his own needs, but he also achieves fulfillment as a human being and indeed, in a sense, becomes "more of a human being."

— Pope Saint John Paul II
from Laborem Exercens

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Visual Verse of the Day (NIV)

 


Daily Quote - This is the great work of a man…

 


Wisdom from Dietrich von Hildebrand

 

True freedom means that we see nothing with either the eyes of the world or with the eyes of our nature, but in the light of Christ, and with the eyes of Faith.

— Dietrich von Hildebrand