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• O saving Victim, opening wide The gate of heaven to man below, Our foes press on from every side, Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow.

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  Men, Heaven, Saving

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• We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.

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  Believe, Saint, May

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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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• When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair.

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  Fear, Men, Despair

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• A man does not always choose what his guardian angel intends.

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  Angel, Men, Doe

  Thomas Aquinas, Anton C. Pegis (1997). “Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, Volume 2”, p.175, Hackett Publishing

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• The happy man in this life needs friends.

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  Men, Needs, This Life

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• The fact that the evil ones, as long as they live, can be corrected from their errors does not prohibit that they may be justly executed, for the danger which threatens from their way of life is greater and more certain than the good which may be expected from their improvement.

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  Errors, Long, Evil

  Thomas Aquinas (1975). “Summa Contra Gentiles: Book 3: Providence”, p.266, University of Notre Dame Pess

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• Love follows knowledge.

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  Saint Thomas Aquinas (2008). “On Love and Charity: Readings from the Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard (Thomas Aquinas in Translation)”, p.59, CUA Press

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• Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.

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  Powerful, Ethos, Catholic

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

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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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• It is altogether unlawful to kill oneself... Wherefore suicide is contrary to the inclination of nature, and to charity whereby every man should love himself... Life is God's gift to man, and is subject to His power, Who kills and makes to live. Hence whoever takes his own life, sins against God... for it belongs to God alone to pronounce sentence of death and life.

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  Suicide, Suicidal, Men

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• The image of God always abides in the soul, whether this image be obsolete and clouded over as to amount to almost nothing; or whether it be obscured or disfigured, as is the case with sinners; or whether it be clear and beautiful as is the case with the just.

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  Beautiful, Soul, Obsolete

  "Summa Theologica". Book by Thomas Aquinas, I, q. 93, art. 8, ad 3, 1265 - 1274.

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• Mistakes are made on two counts: an argument is either based on error or incorrectly developed.

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  Mistake, Two, Errors

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1960). “St. Thomas Aquinas: Philosophical Texts”

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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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• Wonder [admiratio astonishment, marvel] is a kind of desire for knowledge. The situation arises when one sees an effect and does not know its cause, or when the cause of the particular effect is one that exceeds his power of understanding. Hence, wonder is a cause of pleasure insofar as there is annexed the hope of attaining understanding of that which one wants to know. ... For desire is especially aroused by the awareness of ignorance, and consequently a man takes the greatest pleasure in those things which he discovers for himself or learns from the ground up.

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  Ignorance, Knowledge, Science

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• All men are equal in nature, and also in original sin. It is in the merits and demerits of their actions that they differ.

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  Men, Merit, Action

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (2015). “Nature and grace: selections from the Summa theologica”, p.109, Aeterna Press

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• One day when Thomas Aquinas was preaching to the local populace on the love of God, he saw an old woman listening attentively to his every word. And inspired by her eagerness to learn more about her God whom she loved so dearly, he said to the people: It is better to be this unlearned woman, loving God with all her heart, than the most learned theologian lacking love.

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  Heart, People, Listening

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• Every truth without exception- and whoever may utter it- is from the Holy Spirit.

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  Holiness, May, Spirit

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• Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself.

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  Love Is, Force, Binding

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1960). “Philosophical Texts”

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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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• I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.

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  Thinking, Compassion, Gains

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• A song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.

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  Song, Voice, Dwelling

  "St. Thomas's Introduction to his Exposition of the Psalms of David". Introduction, dhspriory.org.

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• Whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance. So Ambrosius says, and it is also to be found in the Decretum Gratiani: The bread which you withhold belongs to the hungry: the clothing you shut away, to the naked: and the money you bury in the earth is the redemption and freedom of the penniless.

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  Men, Redemption, Charity

  "Summa Theologica". Book by Thomas Aquinas, www.theguardian.com. 1485.

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• The Cross to me is certain salvation. The Cross is that which I ever adore. The Cross of the Lord is with me. The Cross is my refuge.

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  Christianity, Lord, Salvation

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• We can open our hearts to God, but only with Divine help.

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  Heart, Divine Help, Helping

  "Questiones disputatae: De veritate (Disputed Questions: On Truth)". Book by Thomas Aquinas (Question 24, Article 15, Ad. 2), 1256-1259.

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