January 28: Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor—Memorial

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January 28: Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor—Memorial

1225–1274
Patron Saint of students, Catholic schools, apologists, booksellers, chastity, philosophers, publishers, scholars, theologians
Invoked against storms
Canonized by Pope John XXII on July 18, 1323
Proclaimed Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius V in 1567
Liturgical Color: White

Quote:
In order that the salvation of men might be brought about more fitly and more surely, it was necessary that they should be taught divine truths by divine revelation. It was therefore necessary that besides philosophical science built up by reason, there should be a sacred science learned through revelation. ~Summa Theologica, by Saint Thomas

Prayer:
Saint Thomas, God revealed Himself to you through your interior life of prayer from an early age. You listened to His voice, pondered all that He revealed, and used your natural gifts to share these truths with the Church. Please pray for me, that I may also open my mind to the many truths that God wants to speak to me so that the Truth Himself will become the center of my mission in life. Saint Thomas, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You.

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