"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." ~ St. Thomas Aquinas

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SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
Confessor and Doctor of the Church

WEDNESDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK IN LENT ~ Feria in Lent

Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite ~ March 7

Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite ~ January 28

Commemoration of SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
Thomas Aquinas (1226-74), a child of noble lineage, was educated at the Abbey of Monte Cassino and as a youth entered the new Dominican Order at the University of Naples, to become one of the greatest philosophers and theologians of all times, and in his day one of Europe’s most popular preachers and teachers. To extraordinary gifts of mind he added a prodigious capacity for work, complete singleness of purpose, and a profoundly mystical holiness of life. His Summa Theologica and Summa contra Gentiles constitute the most reasonable and comprehensive defense of Christian doctrine ever produced, and his Eucharistic prayers and poetry are enshrined in the Church’s liturgy. He is the patron of Catholic education.

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"Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you." ~St. Thomas Aquinas

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Resources:

• Summa Theologica ~ St. Thomas Aquinas, read online
• Summa Theologica Part I ~ SQPN
• St. Thomas Aquinas Bio ~ EWTN
• St. Thomas Aquinas Bio ~ New Advent
• St. Thomas Aquinas Bio for Kids ~ Holy Spirit Interactive
• Homily: St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor of the Church ~ Audio Sancto
• St. Thomas Aquinas on the Hail Mary ~ EWTN
• Homily on St. Thomas Aquinas ~ Fr. Anthony Mary, starts at 5.36
• Texts/Hymns written by St. Thomas Aquinas
• Pange Lingua
• Tantum Ergo
• Panis Angelicus
• Adoro te devote
• The Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas: Thanksgiving after Mass ~ EWTN , printable version
• St. Thomas Aquinas Prayer for Guidance
• Prayers to and by St. Thomas Aquinas ~ Two Hearts Network
• Eucharistic Devotion of St. Thomas Aquinas ~ Warren H. Carroll, Ph.D
• Explanation of the Ten Commandments ~ St. Thomas Aquinas
• Adornment of Woman ~ St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica II-CLXIX-II
• Meditations for Lent ~ St. Thomas Aquinas

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St. Thomas Aquinas ~ ora pro nobis