The minister to whom confession is made is the delegate of Christ, Who is the Judge of the living and the dead. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
The Blessed Eucharist is the perfect Sacrament of the Lord's Passion, since It contains Christ Himself and his Passion. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
[It is appropriate that the Body and Blood of Christ be truly present in this Sacrament] because of the perfection of the… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Right faith is of necessity required for Baptism, since it is said: "the justice of God is by faith in Jesus Christ"… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
If you seek patience, you will find no better example than the cross. Great patience occurs in two ways: either when one… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Give us, O Lord, a steadfast heart, which no unworthy affection may drag downwards; give us an unconquered heart, which no tribulation… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“If you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because he himself is the way.” — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Whatever was in the human nature of Christ was moved at the bidding of the divine will; yet it does not follow… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
O how unspeakable is this Sacrament which sets our affections ablaze with charity. ... It is the fulfillment of Christ's Mystical Body. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“A capacity as such is directed to an act. Wherefore we seek to know the nature of a capacity from the act to which… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“Yet no-one can say that God has not a Word, for it would follow that God is most foolish.” — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Now, nothing can be brought from potentiality to actual existence except through something actually existing — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
By the divine providence [animals] are intended for man's use... Hence it is not wrong for man to make use of them, either by… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“What causes love, since it is a passion, is its object; and since it is a sort of affinity or agreement with the object,… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
The image of God always abides in the soul, whether this image be obsolete and clouded over as to amount to almost nothing; or… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image