00:00In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, peace be with you.
00:20Today is the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, the great doctor of the church and teacher.
00:26We acknowledge our need of God's healing, love and forgiveness as we acknowledge our sins.
00:33You are with us in good times and in bad times. Lord, have mercy.
00:37You turn to good everything for those who love you. Christ, have mercy.
00:42Your compassion is greater than any sin. Lord, have mercy.
00:46May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins and lead us into healing and life everlasting.
00:52Let us pray.
00:56O God, who made St. Thomas Aquinas outstanding in his zeal for holiness and his study of sacred doctrine,
01:03grant us, we pray, that we may understand what he taught and imitate what he accomplished
01:09through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
01:15God, forever and ever. Amen.
01:17A reading from the Book of Wisdom.
01:21I prayed, and understanding was given me.
01:25I entreated, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.
01:28I esteemed her more than scepters and thrones.
01:32Compared with her, I had riches as nothing.
01:34I reckoned no price as strong to be her peer, for compared with her, all gold is a pinch of sand.
01:42And beside her, silver ranks as mud.
01:45I love her more than the health or beauty preferred her to the light, since her radiance never sleeps.
01:53May God grant me to speak as he would wish, and express thoughts worthy of his gifts.
02:00Since he himself is the guide of wisdom, since he directs the aid to sages,
02:06we are indeed in his hand, we ourselves and our words, with all our understanding, too, and technical knowledge.
02:18The Word of the Lord.
02:20Thanks be to God.
02:23Lord, teach me your decrees.
02:26Lord, teach me your decrees.
02:28How shall the young remain sinless?
02:31By obeying your word.
02:33I have sought you with all my heart.
02:35Let me not stray from your commands.
02:38Lord, teach me your decrees.
02:40I treasure your promise in my heart, lest I sin against you.
02:45Blessed are you, O Lord.
02:46Teach me your statutes.
02:48Lord, teach me your decrees.
02:51With my tongue I have recounted, with deeds of your lips.
02:55I rejoice to do your will, as though all riches were mine.
03:01Lord, teach me your decrees.
03:03Alleluia, alleluia.
03:05You have one Father, your Father in heaven.
03:08You have one teacher, the Lord Jesus Christ.
03:12Alleluia.
03:12The Lord be with you.
03:17A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.
03:20Glory to you, O Lord.
03:23Jesus said to his disciples,
03:26You must not allow yourselves to be called Rabbi, since you have only one master, and you are all brothers and sisters.
03:34You must call no one on earth your Father, since you have only one Father who is in heaven.
03:40Nor must you allow yourselves to be called teachers, for you have only one teacher, the Christ.
03:45The greatest among you must be your servant.
03:48Anyone who exalts themself will be humbled.
03:52Anyone who humbles themself will be exalted.
03:54The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
03:59Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
04:02Thomas Aquinas, of course, was the great teacher who was able to incorporate the wisdom of philosophy
04:09and build on that with the understanding and the illumination of the faith.
04:16Grace builds on nature.
04:19Our faith is not irrational, but it's greater, of course, than what we can just grasp.
04:25It's not a square circle.
04:28It's mystery.
04:29Yes, indeed.
04:31But it is much more.
04:33It's the fullness of truth.
04:35It's the fullness of truth.
04:36Faith is about the fullness of truth.
04:39God is the fullness of truth.
04:41And we are searching to understand the fullness of truth that comes from God.
04:47So Thomas reflected.
04:49And the definition of theology is, theology is faith, seeking understanding, trying to understand.
04:56We have the faith and we're trying to understand the implications of that faith.
05:02And Jesus, of course, taught us in the gospel to do so with humility,
05:06not to be exaggerating ourselves and our self-importance.
05:12Yes, we are important because we are made so by God, created by God,
05:17and everything we have comes from him, and we are nothing without him.
05:20But if we try to pride ourselves, then we are fooling ourselves.
05:28So we are in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding, but we do so ever so humbly in the sense of knowing that we know and we don't know.
05:37And he gives us the knowledge beyond knowledge and the knowledge beyond understanding through the gift of faith and revelation in Jesus Christ.
05:46Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for to your goodness we have this bread to offer,
05:56which earth has given human hands have made.
05:58It will become for us the bread of life.
06:01Blessed be God forever.
06:02Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for to your goodness we have this wine to offer,
06:28fruit of divine work of human hands, it will become our spiritual drink.
06:34Blessed be God forever.
06:43Let us pray, brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, our Almighty Father.
06:50May the Lord accept this sacrifice at our hands, for the praise and glory of God's name,
06:56for our good and the good of God's Holy Church.
06:59May the sacrifice which we gladly present on the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas be pleasing to you, O God,
07:22for taught by him we too give ourselves entirely to you in praise, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
07:29The Lord be with you, lift up your hearts, let us give thanks to the Lord our God,
07:40who is right and just.
07:48It is truly right and just our duty and our salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks,
07:54Lord, Holy Father, Almighty and Eternal God, through Christ our Lord.
07:58For in the marvelous confession of your saints you make your church fruitful and strength ever new
08:04and offer us sure signs of your love.
08:08And that your saving mysteries may be fulfilled, their great example lends us courage,
08:14their fervent prayers sustain us in all we do.
08:17And so, Lord, with all the angels and saints we do give you thanks, as in exaltation we acclaim,
08:25Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts.
08:28Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
08:31Hosanna in the highest.
08:33Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
08:36Hosanna in the highest.
08:37You are indeed holy, O Lord, the fount of all holiness.
08:42Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall,
08:48so that they may become for us the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.
08:53At the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his passion,
08:58he took bread and, giving thanks, broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying,
09:04Take this, all of you, and eat of it, for this is my body which will be given up for you.
09:15In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the chalice and, once more giving thanks,
09:22he gave it to his disciples, saying, Take this, all of you, and drink from it,
09:26for this is the chalice of my blood, the blood of the new and eternal covenant,
09:33which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.
09:38Do this in memory of me.
09:46The mystery of faith.
09:49Save us, Savior of the world, for by your cross and resurrection
09:54you have set us free.
09:58Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of his death and resurrection,
10:02we offer you, Lord, the bread of life and the chalice of salvation,
10:07giving thanks that you have held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you.
10:13Humbly we pray that, partaking of the body and blood of Christ,
10:17we may be guided into one by the Holy Spirit.
10:20Remember, Lord, your church spread throughout the world
10:24and bring her to the fullness of charity.
10:27Together with Theo, our Pope, me, your unworthy servant and Lordy clergy.
10:32Remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection
10:36and all who have died in your mercy.
10:40Welcome them into the light of your face.
10:42Have mercy on us all, we pray,
10:46that with the blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God,
10:48blessed Joseph, her spouse,
10:50with the blessed Apostles and all the saints
10:53who have pleased you throughout the ages,
10:55we may, through your grace,
10:57merit to be coerced to eternal life
10:59and may praise and glorify you
11:01through your Son, Jesus Christ.
11:04Through him and with him and in him, O God, almighty Father,
11:11in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
11:13all glory and honor is yours forever and ever.
11:17Amen.
11:19At the Savior's command and formed by divine teaching,
11:22we dare to say,
11:23Our Father, who art in heaven,
11:27hallowed be thy name.
11:29Thy kingdom come.
11:31Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
11:34Give us this day our daily bread
11:36and forgive us our trespasses
11:38as we forgive those who trespass against us
11:41and lead us not into temptation,
11:44but deliver us from evil.
11:46Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil.
11:49Graciously grant peace in our days,
11:51that by the help of your mercy,
11:54we may be always free from sin
11:55and safe from all distress
11:57as we await the blessed hope
11:59and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
12:03For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
12:06now and forever.
12:09Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your apostles,
12:12Peace I leave you, my peace I give you,
12:14look not on our sins,
12:16but on the faith of your church,
12:18and graciously grant her peace and unity
12:20in accordance with your will,
12:22who live and reign forever and ever.
12:24Amen.
12:25The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you always.
12:28Let us offer each other a sign of peace.
12:30Peace be with you.
12:33Lamb of God,
12:34you take away the sins of the world.
12:37Have mercy on us.
12:38Lamb of God,
12:39you take away the sins of the world.
12:42Have mercy on us.
12:43Lamb of God,
12:44you take away the sins of the world.
12:47Grant us peace.
12:48Behold the Lamb of God,
13:05who takes away the sins of the world.
13:07Happy are those who are called to the supper of the Lamb.
13:11Lord, I am not worthy,
13:12you should enter under my roof,
13:14but only say the word,
13:15and my soul shall be healed.
13:18My Jesus,
13:19I believe that you are present
13:21in the most blessed sacrament.
13:23I love you above all things,
13:25and I desire to receive you into my soul.
13:28Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally,
13:31commonly,
13:32spiritually,
13:33into my heart,
13:34I embrace you as if you were already there,
13:37and unite myself wholly to you.
13:40Never permit me to be separated from you.
13:42Amen.
13:43Let us pray.
13:50Through Christ the Teacher, O Lord,
13:52instruct those who feed with Christ the Living Bread,
13:55that on the feast day of blessed Thomas Aquinas,
13:58they may learn your truths
14:00and express it in works of charity.
14:02Through Christ our Lord.
14:03Amen.
14:04The Lord be with you,
14:06and may the peace and the blessing
14:08of the Father and of the Son
14:09and of the Holy Spirit come upon you
14:11and remain always with you.
14:13Let us go and live the gospel.
14:16Thanks be to God,
14:17and God bless your day.
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