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Title of the work in Latin
MEDULLA S. THOMAE AQUITATIS PER OMNES ANNI LITURGICI DIES DISTRBUITA, SEU MEDITATIONES EX OPERIBUS S. THOMAE DEPROMPTAE
Compilation and arrangement by
FR. Z. MÉZARD O. P.
NOTE
All titles with an asterisk contain material that is no longer attributed to Saint Thomas Aquinas.
22. Wednesday after the Third Sunday of Lent: The Price of Our Redemption
Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent
“you were bought at a great price” (1 Cor 6:20)
The injury or suffering is measured by the dignity of the one who is harmed: a king suffers greater injury if slapped than would some private individual. Now, the dignity of the person of Christ is infinite, for He is a divine person. Therefore, any suffering of His, no matter how small, is infinite. Consequently, any suffering of His would be sufficient for the redemption of all humankind, even without His death.
St. Bernard says that the smallest drop of blood of Christ would be enough for the redemption of humankind. Now, Christ could have shed a single drop of His blood without dying, thus it was possible that, even without dying, He could redeem all of humankind with some suffering of His.
To effect a purchase, two things are necessary: the amount of the price and its designation for the purchase. If someone gives a value lower than that of the thing to be acquired, it is not said that there was a purchase, but that there was a partial purchase and a partial donation: for example, if someone buys a book worth twenty pounds for only ten, he partially bought the book and partially received it as a gift. In the same way, if he gave a higher value but did not designate it for the purchase of the book, it could not be said that there was a purchase.
If, therefore, we consider the redemption of humankind in terms of price, any suffering of Christ, even without death, would be sufficient, by the infinite dignity of His person.
However, if we speak regarding the designation of the price, then we must say that the other sufferings of Christ were not designated by God the Father and by Christ for the redemption of humankind without His death.
And this for threefold reason:
1. So that the price of the redemption of humankind would not only be of infinite value but also of the same kind; that is, so that we might be redeemed from death, by death.
2. So that the death of Christ would not only be the price of redemption but also an example of virtue, so that men would not fear to die for the truth. These two causes are pointed out by the Apostle: “that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death” (Heb 2:14), regarding the first point, and “to free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death” (Heb 2:15), regarding the second.
3. So that the death of Christ would also be a sacrament of salvation; for, by virtue of the death of Christ, we die to sin, to the lusts of the flesh, and to self-love. This cause is pointed out in Scripture: “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit” (1 Pet 3:18).
And for this reason, humankind was not redeemed without the death of Christ.
But it remains true that Christ, who not only gave His life but also suffered as much as one can suffer, would have paid a sufficient price for the redemption of humankind, even if the smallest portion of suffering had been divinely designated for this purpose; and this, because of the infinite dignity of the person of Christ.
Quodl. II, q. I, a. II
(P. D. Mézard, O. P., Meditationes ex Operibus S. Thomae.)
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MEDULLA S. THOMAE AQUITATIS PER OMNES ANNI LITURGICI DIES DISTRBUITA, SEU MEDITATIONES EX OPERIBUS S. THOMAE DEPROMPTAE
Compilation and arrangement by
FR. Z. MÉZARD O. P.
NOTE
All titles with an asterisk contain material that is no longer attributed to Saint Thomas Aquinas.
22. Wednesday after the Third Sunday of Lent: The Price of Our Redemption
Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent
“you were bought at a great price” (1 Cor 6:20)
The injury or suffering is measured by the dignity of the one who is harmed: a king suffers greater injury if slapped than would some private individual. Now, the dignity of the person of Christ is infinite, for He is a divine person. Therefore, any suffering of His, no matter how small, is infinite. Consequently, any suffering of His would be sufficient for the redemption of all humankind, even without His death.
St. Bernard says that the smallest drop of blood of Christ would be enough for the redemption of humankind. Now, Christ could have shed a single drop of His blood without dying, thus it was possible that, even without dying, He could redeem all of humankind with some suffering of His.
To effect a purchase, two things are necessary: the amount of the price and its designation for the purchase. If someone gives a value lower than that of the thing to be acquired, it is not said that there was a purchase, but that there was a partial purchase and a partial donation: for example, if someone buys a book worth twenty pounds for only ten, he partially bought the book and partially received it as a gift. In the same way, if he gave a higher value but did not designate it for the purchase of the book, it could not be said that there was a purchase.
If, therefore, we consider the redemption of humankind in terms of price, any suffering of Christ, even without death, would be sufficient, by the infinite dignity of His person.
However, if we speak regarding the designation of the price, then we must say that the other sufferings of Christ were not designated by God the Father and by Christ for the redemption of humankind without His death.
And this for threefold reason:
1. So that the price of the redemption of humankind would not only be of infinite value but also of the same kind; that is, so that we might be redeemed from death, by death.
2. So that the death of Christ would not only be the price of redemption but also an example of virtue, so that men would not fear to die for the truth. These two causes are pointed out by the Apostle: “that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death” (Heb 2:14), regarding the first point, and “to free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death” (Heb 2:15), regarding the second.
3. So that the death of Christ would also be a sacrament of salvation; for, by virtue of the death of Christ, we die to sin, to the lusts of the flesh, and to self-love. This cause is pointed out in Scripture: “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit” (1 Pet 3:18).
And for this reason, humankind was not redeemed without the death of Christ.
But it remains true that Christ, who not only gave His life but also suffered as much as one can suffer, would have paid a sufficient price for the redemption of humankind, even if the smallest portion of suffering had been divinely designated for this purpose; and this, because of the infinite dignity of the person of Christ.
Quodl. II, q. I, a. II
(P. D. Mézard, O. P., Meditationes ex Operibus S. Thomae.)
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MEDULLA S. THOMAE AQUITATIS PER OMNES ANNI LITURGICI DIES DISTRBUITA, SEU MEDITATIONES EX OPERIBUS S. THOMAE DEPROMPTAE
Compilation and arrangement by
FR. Z. MÉZARD O. P.
NOTE
All titles with an asterisk contain material that is no longer attributed to Saint Thomas Aquinas.
21. Tuesday after the III Sunday of Lent: Christ, the True Redeemer
Tuesday of the III Week of Lent
“you were redeemed with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unblemished and without spot” (1 Pet 1:19)
By the sin of our first parents, humankind separated itself from God, as St. Paul explains in the epistle to the Ephesians (chapter 2); man did not exclude himself from the power of God, but from the vision of His face, to which His children and family are admitted. Furthermore, we fell under the usurped power of the devil, to whom, by his consent, man submitted. Man delivered to him all that he was, although he could not give himself, for he was not master of himself and belonged to another.
The Passion of Christ, therefore, had two effects:
- It freed us from the power of the enemy, overcoming him with means contrary to those the enemy used in his victory over man: humility, obedience, and the austerity of penance, which opposes the delight of the forbidden fruit.
- Moreover, by satisfying for the faults of men, it united them to God and made them children and family of God.
This liberation therefore has a double character of redemption. While it freed us from the power of the devil, Christ redeemed us in the manner of a king who recovers by combat a kingdom occupied by an adversary. While appeasing God on our behalf, He redeemed us as if, rigorously satisfying for us, He paid a price for us to be freed from the penalty and from sin.
Now, the price of blood was not offered to the devil, but to God, in order to satisfy for us. And He snatched us from the devil by the victory of His Passion.
If the devil dominated us through an unjust usurpation, having fallen under his power after having been overcome by him was just. Therefore, it was necessary that he be defeated by means contrary to those by which the enemy overcame us, for he did not win by force, but by deceitfully inducing us to sin.
3 dist. 19 q. 1, a. IV
(P. D. Mézard, O. P., Meditationes ex Operibus S. Thomae.)
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