Monday, January 26th, 2009
Daily Archive
St. Thomas Day Lecture – January 28
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 26 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: Lectures, Parish Events
On Wednesday, January 28, the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer will hold its second annual St. Thomas Day Lecture. This year’s featured speaker will be Dr. Robert Louis Wilken, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. An expert in early Christian history and the patristic exegesis of Scripture, Professor Wilken will reflect on Aquinas’s interpretation of St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans—a fitting topic during this Year of St. Paul.
The lecture will begin at 7:00 PM, and a light reception will follow. This event is free and open to the public.
Saints Timothy and Titus (1st century)
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 26 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: Liturgical Feasts
Proclaim the message, insist on it in season and out of season,
refute falsehood, correct error, call to obedience,
but do all with patience and sound doctrine.
From Catholic Culture:
St. Timothy, 
born in Galatia in Asia Minor, was baptized and later ordained to the priesthood by St. Paul. The young Galatian became Paul’s missionary companion and his most beloved spiritual son. St. Paul showed his trust in this disciple by consecrating him bishop of the great city of Ephesus. St. Timothy was stoned to death thirty years after St. Paul’s martyrdom for having denounced the worship of the goddess Diana.
St. Titus, a convert from paganism, was a fellow laborer of St. Paul on many apostolic missions. St. Paul later made him bishop of Crete, a difficult charge because of the character of the inhabitants and the spread of erroneous doctrines on that island. St. Paul’s writings tell us that St. Titus rejoiced to discover what was good in others and drew the hearts of men by his wide and affectionate sympathy.
Click here for the general audience address Pope Benedict gave on Sts. Timothy and Titus in December, 2006.
God our Father,
you gave your saints Timothy and Titus
the courage and wisdom of the apostles:
may their prayers help us to live holy lives
and lead us to heaven, our true home.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, forever and ever. Amen.
Homilies for the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 26 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: Homilies, Liturgical Feasts
Let us celebrate the conversion of Saint Paul the apostle.
He was transformed from being a persecutor of Christ into a vessel of his grace.
God our Father,
you taught the gospel to all the world
through the preaching of Paul your apostle.
May we who celebrate his conversion to the faith
follow him in bearing witness to your truth.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, forever and ever. Amen.