Memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas,
Priest and Doctor of the Church

"God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show our gratitude for what we have received."

-Saint Thomas Aquinas

Memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas is January 28th.

Memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church

By universal consent, Thomas Aquinas is the preeminent spokesman of the Catholic tradition of reason and of divine revelation. He is one of the great teachers of the medieval Catholic Church, honored with the titles Doctor of the Church and Angelic Doctor.

His greatest contribution to the Catholic Church is his writings. The unity, harmony, and continuity of faith and reason, of revealed and natural human knowledge, pervades his writings. One might expect Thomas, as a man of the gospel, to be an ardent defender of revealed truth. But he was broad enough, deep enough, to see the whole natural order as coming from God the Creator, and to see reason as a divine gift to be highly cherished.

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

-Saint Thomas Aquinas

"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."

-Saint Thomas Aquinas