"The
Eucharist is the sacrament of love:
it
signifies love, it
produces love." - St
Thomas Aquinas
"Almighty and Eternal God,
behold I come to the Sacrament of Your
only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. As one sick, I come to the Physician of
life; unclean, to the Fountain of
mercy; blind, to the Light of eternal
splendor; poor and needy,
to the Lord of heaven and
earth.
Therefore,
I beg of You, through Your infinite mercy and generosity, heal my weakness, wash
my uncleanness, give light to my blindness, enrich my poverty, and clothe my
nakedness.
May
I thus receive the Bread of Angels, the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, with
such reverence and humility, contrition and devotion, purity and faith, purpose
and intention, as shall aid my soul's salvation ..."
St Thomas Aquinas
Italy ~
1225-1274
Dominican
monk
Theologian,
philosopher, professor
Prolific
writer, Hymn composer
Doctor
of the Church
FEAST
DAY - January 28
(Happy
confirmation namesake day, Fr Howe!)
"Material
food first changes into the one who eats
it, and then, as a consequence, restores to him lost strength and increases his
vitality. Spiritual
food, on the other hand, changes the
person who eats it into itself. Thus the effect proper to this Sacrament is the
conversion of a man into Christ, so that he may no longer live, but Christ lives
in him; consequently, it has the double effect of restoring the
spiritual strength he had lost by his sins and defects, and of increasing the
strength of his virtues." ~ St
Thomas
Aquinas,
"Beware the man of
one book." - St Thomas
Aquinas
St
Thomas Aquinas, pray for us!
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