The Church is in the midst of a multi year jubilee celebration of the life and legacy of St Thomas Aquinas.
2023 is the 700th Anniversary of St Thomas' canonization on July 18th, 1223
2024 is the 750th Anniversary of St Thomas' death on March 7th, 1274
2025 is the 800th Anniversary of St Thomas' birth in 1225.
Pope Francis has declared jubilee celebrations in honor of St Thomas Aquinas, with a special plenary indulgence available from July 18th, 2023 to January 28th, 2025. In this time, a plenary indulgence can be gained under the usual conditions by visiting a church, shrine or chapel entrusted to the the Dominican Order with a prayerful reflection on the life and legacy of St Thomas, praying an Our Father and a Cree, as well as a prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary and to St Thomas Aquinas.
In this sermon, we consider a brief overview of the life of St Thomas and some of the reasons why I love the Angelic Doctor. His is so clear and succinct, he is honest in his argumentation, he has a reverence for the Truth, he shows the union of faith and reason, he manifests the Dominican love of creation and the Creator, his writings are comprehensive and cover nearly every topic and every question in philosophy and theology, and he is universally recommended by the Popes and the saints.
Listen online [here]!
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Listen to an excellent sermon from three years ago, which gives a detailed study of St Thomas' life [here]!
