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Today's Thought(s):  

"The two central parts of the Rosary are meditation and recitation. Hence, recitation of the Rosary causes us to reflect upon God - the life of Jesus Christ - and thus receive in the Holy Spirit desires and resolutions that enable us to make ourselves more into the image and likeness of Jesus Christ."

-Michael Ruggiero, SFO, M.A.

From a reflection on part of Pope Leo XIII 's encyclical, Incunda semper, 1894.

January 28, 2012  

 "Jesus Stilling the Tempest at Sea," by James Tissot

 Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Doctor of the Church - Ordinary rite

Feast of Sts. Peter Nolasco, Confessor and

 St. Agnes, Virgin, Martyr - Extraordinary rite

St. Thomas was born in Naples, at Rocca Secca, in 1225 or 1227. It is reported that before his birth a holy hermit informed his parents - Landolph, Count of Aquino and Theodora, Countess of Teano, that Thomas would enter the Order of Friars Preachers (Dominicans) and that his learning and sanctity would be so great that in his day "...no one would equal him."1

At the age of five he began his studies with the Benedictines. So gifted was he (theologically) that one of his first instructors recalled him repeatedly asking (and reflecting) upon the question, "What is God?" Around 1236, he began his studies at the University of Naples. While there, his instructors noted that Thomas possessed, to an exceptional degree, the ability to recall knowledge. 2

After Thomas joined the Friars Preachers, he traveled to Paris to complete his advanced theological studies under St. Albert the Great. In 1257, he earned the Degree of Doctor in Theology. This exceptional thinker (and perhaps the Church's greatest theologian) wrote many great works and routinely expressed sacrificial love for Jesus Christ. He died near Terracina on March 7, 1274. 3

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1-3 Historical points taken from Herberman, Charles. The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1912.

Christian Liturgy of the Hours. New York: Catholic Book Publishing.

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