Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
teaching church doe
He who does not embrace the teaching of the Church does not have the habit of faith.
regret wine sleep
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of good wine.
men animal free-will
But man is freer than all the animals, on account of his free-will, with which he is endowed above all other animals.
humble angel reality
The Bread of angels has become the Bread of mankind; This heavenly Bread puts an end to all images; O wonderful reality! The poor, the slave, and the humble can eat the Lord.
soul known
The soul is known by it's acts.
sin mortal-sin ends
Venial sin becomes mortal sin when one approves it as an end. . .
thinking missing clear
Whenever God wakes in us, our thinking becomes clear - nothing is missing.
prayer home journey
The greater the charity of the Saints in their heavenly home, the more they intercede for those who are still on their journey and the more they can help them by their prayers; the more they are united with God, the more effective those prayers are. This is in accordance with Divine order, which makes higher things react upon lower things, like the brightness of the sun filling the atmosphere.
speech said should
The meaning of what is said is according to the motive for saying it: because things are not subject to speech, but speech to things. Therefore we should take account of the motive of the lawgiver, rather than of his very words.
two acts-of-love persons
An act of love always tends towards two things; to the good that one wills, and to the person for whom one wills it.
argument demonstration difficulty
Since faith rests upon infallible truth, and since the contrary of a truth can never be demonstrated, it is clear that the arguments brought against faith cannot be demonstrations, but are difficulties that can be answered.
evil towns palaces
Prostitution in the towns is like the cesspool in the palace: take away the cesspool and the palace will become an unclean and evil-smelling place.
men thinking order
Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 Some there are who presume so far on their wits that they think themselves capable of measuring the whole nature of things by their intellect, in that they esteem all things true which they see, and false which they see not. Accordingly, in order that man's mind might be freed from this presumption, and seek the truth humbly, it was necessary that certain things far surpassing his intellect should be proposed to man by God.
moving animal evil
Natural inclinations are present in things from God, who moves all things. So it is impossible for the natural inclinations of a species to be toward evil in itself. But there is in all perfect animals a natural inclination toward carnal union. Therefore it is impossible for carnal union to be evil in itself.