"A man who governs his passions is master of the world. We must either rule them, or be ruled by them."
"How ... strongly should we be drawn to Christ if we find our pleasure in truth, happiness, justice, eternal life: all of which Christ is!"
"Regard yourself as more vile and miserable in the sight of God because of your faults than any sinner whatsoever, no matter what his sins."
Saint Dominic
"How ... strongly should we be drawn to Christ if we find our pleasure in truth, happiness, justice, eternal life: all of which Christ is!"
Saint Thomas Aquinas
"Regard yourself as more vile and miserable in the sight of God because of your faults than any sinner whatsoever, no matter what his sins."
Saint Vincent Ferrer
"The Glorious Virgin Mary...by the blessed fruit of her womb has saved a world condemned by the fall of our first parents."
Pope Saint Pius V
"God is the proper name of Truth, as Truth is the abstract name of God."
Lacordaire
"Pride, which was the sin of the rebellious angel and of the first man, is the source of all deviations because it turns us away from God to put our trust in ourselves."
Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange
"This is not to denigrate committed love of people of the same sex. This too should be cherished and supported, which is why church leaders are slowly coming to support same sex civil unions. The God of love can be present in every true love."
On the eve of the Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas,
anniversary of his natal day, March 7, 1274,
commemorated this Wednesday.
