{"id":25287,"date":"2010-01-28T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2010\/01\/saint-thomas-aquinas-1\/"},"modified":"2010-01-28T06:00:28","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T10:00:28","slug":"saint-thomas-aquinas-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2010\/01\/saint-thomas-aquinas-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Thomas Aquinas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"St<\/a>Blessed be the Lord; for love of him Saint Thomas Aquinas spent long hours in prayer, study, and writing. <\/i><\/font>(Gospel antiphon for Lauds)<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n


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O Lord my God, help me to be obedient without reserve,
\npoor without servility, chaste without compromise, humble without pretense,
\njoyful without depravity, serious without affectation, active without
\nfrivolity, submissive without bitterness, truthful without duplicity, fruitful
\nin good works without presumption, quick to revive my neighbor without
\nhaughtiness, and quick to edify others by word and example without simulation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Grant
\nme, O Lord, an ever-watchful heart that no alien thought can lure away from
\nYou; a noble heart that no base love can sully; an upright heart that no
\nperverse intention can lead astray; an invincible heart that no distress can
\novercome; an unfettered heart that no impetuous desires can hold back.<\/span><\/div>\n

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O Lord
\nmy God, also bestow upon me understanding to know You, zeal to seek You, wisdom
\nto find You, a life that is pleasing to You, unshakable perseverance, and a
\nhope that will one day take hold of You.<\/span><\/div>\n

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May I do penance here below and patiently
\nbear your chastisements. May I also receive the benefits of your grace, in
\norder to taste your heavenly joys and contemplate your glory. AMEN.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Aquinas is the patron saint of academics, apologists, book sellers, Catholic schools (all levels), pencil makers, theologians and publishers.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blessed be the Lord; for love of him Saint Thomas Aquinas spent long hours in prayer, study, and writing. (Gospel antiphon for Lauds) O Lord my God, help me to be obedient without reserve, poor without servility, chaste without compromise, humble without pretense, joyful without depravity, serious without affectation, active without frivolity, submissive without bitterness, … Continue reading Saint Thomas Aquinas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1714,1938],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}