Saint Thomas Aquinas
by CCW | 7 March 2011 05:00
The collect for today, the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274), Priest, Friar, Poet, Doctor of the Church (source[1]):
Almighty God, who hast enriched thy Church with the singular learning and holiness of thy servant Thomas Aquinas: Enlighten us more and more, we pray thee, by the disciplined thinking and teaching of Christian scholars, and deepen our devotion by the example of saintly lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
The Lesson: Wisdom 7:7-14[2]
The Gospel: St Matthew 13:47-52[3]
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Artwork: Sassetta, The Vision of St. Thomas Aquinas, c. 1426-27. Tempera on wood panel, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City
- source: http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/01/28.html
- Wisdom 7:7-14: http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Wisdom+7:7-14
- St Matthew 13:47-52: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2013:47-52&version=ESV
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Sassetta_VisionOfStThomasAquinas.jpg
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