25 POPES recommend this

"His teachings could have come only from a miraculous intervention by God." Pope John XXII

	"As it was said of old to the Egyptians in time of famine: Go to Joseph, that they might receive from him a supply of wheat to nourish their bodies, so We now say to all who are seeking the truth: Go to Thomas. "Go and ask Thomas for the food of sound doctrine, which nourishes souls for eternal life, and which he possesses in rich abundance." Pope Pius XI
St. Thomas Dedicating His Works to Christ by Santi de Tito (1593)

"The teachings of St. Thomas are so vast that they contain, like a sea, all the wisdom that flows from the ancients: all the truths that had been spoken, all that had been wisely sifted by the pagan philosophers, by the Fathers and the Doctors of the Church, by the eminent men who flourished before him." Pope Leo XIII
	Sts. Gregory, Jerome, Augustine, and Dominic listen while St. Thomas teaches.
"Because his method is concise, clear and easily followed, even persons of little instruction are eager to possess his writings." Pope Pius XI

The Aquinas Catechism A Simple Explanation of the Catholic Faith by the Church's Greatest Theologian by St. Thomas Aquinas Foreword by Ralph McInerny $17.95 336 pgs ppbk

If you trust the Popes, then turn to St. Thomas himself in this catechism he prepared for laymen like you. In it, Thomas explains the five conditions necessary for proper prayer * why we ask the Lord not to lead us into temptation * "Thy kingdom come": what we're really asking for when we pray this * the three ways in which Mary is full of grace, and why they're so important today * why Jesus descended into Hell * how we are to respond to God's Word * defenses against heresies that are still held * why Christ's judgment is to be feared (and four ways to prepare for it) * the marks of the Catholic Church * the qualities of the bodies of the blessed and of the damned * the nature of eternal life and of eternal death *four things we should desire and pray for * the effect of each Sacrament * how we can hinder their graces without realizing it * who really administers the sacrament of Matrimony * how Holy Orders changes the recipient * the sin that's most dangerous to the sinner himself * how "Thou shalt not kill" applies to the death penalty and the killing of animals * the crucial differences between divine and human law * God's rewards for honoring our parents (and His punishments for failure to do so) * others we must honor besides our parents * how we can bear false witness unknowingly * four ways we can overcome sinful desires * and much more to help us all grow in wisdom and holiness!

Other popes who urge you to turn to St. Thomas: Pope Nicholas V • Pope Pius IV • Pope St. Pius V • Pope Sixtus V • Pope Clement VIII • Pope Paul V • Pope Alexander VII • Pope Innocent XI • Pope Innocent XII • Pope Benedict XIII • Pope Clement XII • Pope Benedict XIV • Pope St. Pius X • Pope Benedict XV • Pope Pius XI • Pope Pius XII • Pope John XXIII • Pope Paul VI • Pope John Paul II • Pope Benedict XVI • and scores of other popes. "St. Thomas's teachings have a singular force and virtue for curing the evils with which our age is afflicted." Pope Leo XIII

The Ways of God $4.95 96 pgs ppbk	The Aquinas Prayer Book $9.95 128 pgs ppbk
The Aquinas Catechism $17.95 336 pgs ppbk	Aquinas's Shorter Summa $22.95 432 pgs ppbk

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Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) was both a scholar and a saint. Educated in Naples, he entered the Dominican Order in 1244 and devoted the rest of his life to comprehending God’s Revelation --- through reason, contemplation, and prayer --- and to living in conformity with that Revelation. In the course of a brilliant career, he preached widely throughout Europe and wrote over 100 volumes. St. Thomas died in 1274, was canonized in 1323, and was proclaimed a Doctor of the Universal Church in 1567.

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