Catholic Schools Week is enhanced by today's Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, the patron of education. Although he died at the age of 50 in 1274, he had lived long enough to contribute enormously to theological thought and method that has had a profound influence on the Church even to this day. He believed and taught that true education included both the intellect and the affections and that it should be based on faith, lead to hope and move the learner to love, a love expressed in service. Our Catholic Schools still operate in that framework.
St. Thomas blended prayerfullness and learning; Thomas would spend hours in prayer along with the hours spent on his study and writing. He was gifted with ecstatic experiences and revelations in which Jesus expressed his pleasure with the works Thomas produced, but which also caused him to lay down his pen, saying, "All that I have written is but straw in comparison to what has been revealed to me." St. Thomas,
may our thoughts, reading and reflections bring us closer to God as yours did for you.
Bro. Rene
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