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St. Thomas Aquinas

“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”

“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. Amen.”

“Love follows knowledge.”

“Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.”

“There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.”

“The things that we love tell us what we are.”

“The soul is like an uninhabited world
that comes to life only when
God lays His head
against us.”

“Wonder is the desire of knowledge.”

“Obedience unites us so closely to God that it in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other will but His.
If obedience is lacking, even prayer cannot be pleasing to God.”

Bishop Barron on Thomas Aquinas 7:45
Why is the Summa important 3:15
The Five Ways 8:53
Saint Thomas Aquinas
A Shorter Summa: The Essential Philosophical Passages of Saint Thomas Aqunias’ Summa Theologica
7 Reasons to love Thomas Aquinas 9:23
How do you read an article of the Summa 3:01
Bishop Barron on Aquinas’ unmoved Mover 10:20
Thomas Aquinas in 50 Pages: A Layman’s Guide to Thomism.
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St. Ignatius of Loyola

“We must speak to God as a friend speaks to his friend, servant to his master; now asking some favor, now acknowledging our faults, and communicating to Him all that concerns us, our thoughts, our fears, our projects, our desires, and in all things seeking His counsel.”

“There is no doubt that God will never be wanting to us, provided that He finds in us that humility which makes us worthy of His gifts, the desire of possessing them, and the promptitude to co-operate industriously with the graces He gives us.”

“Teach us, good Lord, to serve Thee as Thou deservest:
To give and not count the cost;
To fight and not heed the wounds;
To toil and not seek for rest;
To labour and not ask for any reward Save that of know that we do Thy will.”

Ignatius w/ James Martin 9:37
Ignatian spiritual exercises 3:50
Ignatius 1:11
The Examen 8:47
The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius
A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer: Discovering the Power of St. Ignatius Loyola’s Examen
Ignatian Spirituality Jesuits in Britain 2:06
Ignatian contemplation – Fr Jim Martin 3:04
Jesuits talking into to Examen 6:00
Easy mid-day Examen 1:56
Te Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life
Life of Ignatius (download)
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St. Francis of Assisi

“Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to His beloved is that of overcoming self.”

“It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.”

“Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that have received–only what you have given.”

Life of St. Francis/James Martin 7:48
Sr Ilia Delio on Franciscan Spirituality 15:37
How can I live as a Franciscan? (Ask a Capuchin) 3:54
What is Franciscan Theology 9:00
Difference between Franciscans, Jesuits, and Dominicans w/ Br Casey 3:57
St. Francis of Assisi
The Life of St Francis 25:51
Franciscan Mysticism – Richard Rohr 28:39
Eckhart Tolle discusses the life and teachings of Francis of Assis 4:39
How to live like a Franciscan 3:54
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St. Dominic

“We must sow the seed, not hoard it.”

“May you make progress every day!”

“Arm yourself with prayer instead of a sword; be clothed with humility instead of fine raiment.”

Order of Friars Preachers: Dominicans 8:49
Why we study 4:40
Difference between Franciscans & Dominicans Pints with Aquinas 7:06
Manual of the Brothers and Sisters of the Third Order of Penance of St. Dominic
Study and Contemplation in the Dominican Order 6:55
Lay Dominicans preach the gospel 4:40
What makes Dominicans unique 2:18

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Questions to Ask When Waking

What would you do if you really knew
that life was wanting to sing through you?

What would you say if your words could convey
prayers that the world was waiting to pray?

What would you be if your being could free
some piece of the world’s un-whispered beauty?

What would you stop to bless and caress
if you believed that blessing could address
our painful illusions of brokenness?

What would you harvest from heartache and pain
if you understood loss as a way to regain
the never-forsaken terrain of belonging?

What would you love if your love could ignite
a sea full of stars on the darkest night?

— BERNADETTE MILLER

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This is the time to be slow

This is the time to be slow,
Lie low to the wall
Until the bitter weather passes.

Try, as best you can, not to let
The wire brush of doubt
Scrape from your heart
All sense of yourself
And your hesitant light.

If you remain generous,
Time will come good;
And you will find your feet
Again on fresh pastures of promise,
Where the air will be kind
And blushed with beginning.

–JOHN O’DONOHUE

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Stop All The Clocks

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. 

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves. 

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

–W.H. Auden

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Self-Portrait

It doesn’t interest me if there is one God

or many gods.

I want to know if you belong or feel

abandoned.

If you know despair or can feel it in others.

I want to know

if you are prepared to live in the world

with its harsh need

to change you. If you can look back

with firm eyes

saying this is where I stand. I want to know

if you know

how to melt into that fierce heat of living

falling toward

the center of your longing. I want to know

if you are willing

to live, day by day, with the consequence of love

and the bitter

unwanted passion of your sure defeat.

I have heard, in that fierce embrace, even

the gods speak of God.

– David Whyte, Self-Portrait in Ten Poems to Set You Free