"The Eucharist is the sacrament of love:
it signifies love, it produces love." - St Thomas Aquinas
"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."
St Thomas Aquinas
Italy ~ 1225-1274
Dominican monk, Doctor of the Church
Theologian, philosopher, professor
Prolific writer, Hymn composer
FEAST DAY - January 28
(Happy Confirmation namesake Day, Fr Howe!)
"Beware the man of one book." - St Thomas Aquinas
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