Tuesday, March 19, 2013

The good is diffusive of itself in the way in which an end moves

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"the good is said to be diffusive of its being [(lit. of itself)] in the way in which the end is said to move [(bonum dicitur diffusivu...
Monday, March 11, 2013

Galileo, loyal Catholic?

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“To the Protestants he was yet another image of the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church, which was not a role that he liked to play; h...
Saturday, March 2, 2013

A birthday prayer (8th century)

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O God, life of the faithful, savior and guardian of those who fear you, who have deigned to lead your servant N. to this day of his natural...
Friday, March 1, 2013

"the proper attitude with respect to death"

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"The tristitia theme belongs . . . to the most beautiful [of] expositions in the [treatise on] Christology of Thomas. . . . Christ wan...
Monday, February 25, 2013

The re-birth of the birthday

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"the first European since antiquity known to have celebrated his own birthday":  Albertino Mussato (d. 1329).      Alexander Mur...
Sunday, February 24, 2013

nourish us with your Word so profoundly, that, thanks to a spiritual sight made pure, we may be gladdened by a glimpse of your glory.

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O God, who have enjoined us to listen to your beloved Son, deign to nourish us with your Word so profoundly, that, thanks to a spiritu...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

"such is each one as is his love."

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“a person’s love determines the person’s quality.”      WSA III/14 ( Homilies on the First epistle of John ), trans. Boniface Ramsey,...