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In Dedication
Thomas Aquinas had numerous mystical experiences. Towards the end of his life he was praying in the chapel whereupon he heard a voice coming from the crucifix. "You have written well of Me, Thomas; what will you have as your reward?"
Thomas replied, "Only yourself, Lord."
Thomas replied, "Only yourself, Lord."
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- "The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page." --Augustine
- "Humans dig the earth in search of the good, which soars above the star-filled heavens." --Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae
- "Love is the commitment of the will to the true good of the other person." --J. Budziszewski
- "Civil authority is a calling, not only holy and lawful before God, but also the most sacred and by far the most honourable of all the callings in the whole life of mortal man." --John Calvin
- "But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes." --William Seward
- "These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." --Thomas Paine, The Crisis
A Student's Prayer
Creator of all things, true source of light and wisdom, origin of all being, graciously let a ray of your light penetrate the darkness of my understanding.
Take from me the double darkness in which I have been born, an obscurity of sin and ignorance.
Give me a keen understanding, a retentive memory, and the ability to grasp things correctly and fundamentally.
Grant me the talent of being exact in my explanations and the ability to express myself with thoroughness and charm.
Point out the beginning, direct the progress, and help in the completion.
I ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
-St. Thomas Aquinas
Take from me the double darkness in which I have been born, an obscurity of sin and ignorance.
Give me a keen understanding, a retentive memory, and the ability to grasp things correctly and fundamentally.
Grant me the talent of being exact in my explanations and the ability to express myself with thoroughness and charm.
Point out the beginning, direct the progress, and help in the completion.
I ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
-St. Thomas Aquinas
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