A Lenten Journey With Jesus Christ and St. Thomas Aquinas Quotes

“Meditation is the prayer by which we ponder God and the things of God. It”
― Paul Jerome Keller, A Lenten Journey with Jesus Christ and St. Thomas Aquinas

“The Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday morning is a most fitting day for this renewal for it is the day when our Lord Jesus gave priestly power to the apostles in the Upper Room at the Last Supper and First Eucharist.”
― Paul Jerome Keller, A Lenten Journey with Jesus Christ and St. Thomas Aquinas

“A man ought so to avoid giving offence, that he is not by improper word or deed the occasion of anyone’s downfall. “But if scandal arise from the truth, the scandal should be sustained rather than the truth be relinquished,” as [St.] Gregory says.”
― Paul Jerome Keller, A Lenten Journey with Jesus Christ and St. Thomas Aquinas

“St. Thomas Aquinas [M]editation is the cause of devotion since through meditation man conceives the idea of giving himself to God. A man forms this idea in one of two ways. The first is by considering the divine goodness and kindness, which leads to the thought expressed in the Psalms, “It is good for me to cling to my God, to put my hope in the Lord” (Ps 82:28). Considerations of this type awaken love which is the proximate cause of devotion. The second way is by considering man’s weaknesses, which leads to the realization that man must depend upon God. Hence the Psalmist says, “I lift up my eyes to the mountains, whence help shall come to me; my help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth” (120:1). Consideration of man’s weaknesses leads a man to submit to God since it banishes presumption which leads man to trust in his own strength. (ST IIa–IIae, q. 82, a. 3 [G])”
― Paul Jerome Keller, A Lenten Journey with Jesus Christ and St. Thomas Aquinas

“The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” Matthew 23: 1-12”
― Paul Jerome Keller, A Lenten Journey with Jesus Christ and St. Thomas Aquinas

“Aquinas would certainly agree with Saint Thérèse of Lisieux’s description: “prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.” (See Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2558–59.)”
― Paul Jerome Keller, A Lenten Journey with Jesus Christ and St. Thomas Aquinas

“The joy of Lent is the interior peace that comes from the grace of being renewed in Christ Jesus.”
― Paul Jerome Keller, A Lenten Journey with Jesus Christ and St. Thomas Aquinas

“Whoever wishes to lead a perfect life has nothing other to do than scorn what Christ scorned on the Cross and to desire what he desired.”
― Paul Jerome Keller, A Lenten Journey with Jesus Christ and St. Thomas Aquinas