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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
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FR. Z. MÉZARD O. P.
NOTE
All titles with an asterisk contain material that is no longer attributed to Saint Thomas Aquinas.
11. Saturday after the First Sunday of Lent: The Charity of God in the Passion of Christ
Saturday after the First Sunday of Lent
"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)
I. — Christ died for the ungodly. This is a great thing when we consider who it is that died; it is also great when we consider for whom Christ died. Now, "it is difficult for anyone to die for a righteous man" (Romans 5:7); in other words, it is hard to find someone who would die to save a righteous man; and indeed, as Isaiah says, "the righteous perishes, and no one takes it to heart" (Isaiah 57:1). Thus, "it is difficult for anyone to die for a righteous man." If someone—namely, a rare exception—dares to die for a good man out of zeal for virtue, it would truly be a rare thing; and it is a very lofty deed, as St. John says (John 15:13): "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends." However, to die for ungodly and wicked men is something that never occurs. For this reason, we should rightly marvel, for this is what Christ did.
II. — If we seek to know why Christ died for the ungodly, the answer is that through His death, God demonstrated His love toward us; that is to say, His death shows that He loves us infinitely because "while we were still sinners," Christ died for us.
The very death of Christ demonstrates God's charity toward us, for He gave His own Son so that, by dying, He would make satisfaction for us. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son" (John 3:16).
In this way, just as the charity of God the Father toward us is shown by having given us His Spirit, it is also demonstrated by having given us His Son.
When St. Paul says that God "demonstrates His love toward us," he emphasizes the vastness of divine love, in that He delivered His Son to die for us; and then, regarding our condition; for God did not do this because of our merits, but "while we were still sinners," as St. Paul says in his Epistle to the Ephesians (Ephesians 2:4): "But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ."
In Romans V.
III. — In these matters, it can scarcely be believed. The Scripture says: "Look among the nations and watch—be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days that you would not believe, though it were told you." (Habakkuk 1:5). For Christ to have died for us is something astonishing, something that is hardly conceivable. And this is what the Apostle says, "Indeed, I will do a work in your days, a work that you will not believe, even if someone were to declare it to you." (Acts 13:41)
Such is the grace of God and His love toward us that He has done more for us than we can comprehend or conceive.
In Symb.
(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.
11. Saturday after the First Sunday of Lent: The Charity of God in the Passion of Christ
Saturday after the First Sunday of Lent
"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)
I. — Christ died for the ungodly. This is a great thing when we consider who it is that died; it is also great when we consider for whom Christ died. Now, "it is difficult for anyone to die for a righteous man" (Romans 5:7); in other words, it is hard to find someone who would die to save a righteous man; and indeed, as Isaiah says, "the righteous perishes, and no one takes it to heart" (Isaiah 57:1). Thus, "it is difficult for anyone to die for a righteous man." If someone—namely, a rare exception—dares to die for a good man out of zeal for virtue, it would truly be a rare thing; and it is a very lofty deed, as St. John says (John 15:13): "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends." However, to die for ungodly and wicked men is something that never occurs. For this reason, we should rightly marvel, for this is what Christ did.
II. — If we seek to know why Christ died for the ungodly, the answer is that through His death, God demonstrated His love toward us; that is to say, His death shows that He loves us infinitely because "while we were still sinners," Christ died for us.
The very death of Christ demonstrates God's charity toward us, for He gave His own Son so that, by dying, He would make satisfaction for us. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son" (John 3:16).
In this way, just as the charity of God the Father toward us is shown by having given us His Spirit, it is also demonstrated by having given us His Son.
When St. Paul says that God "demonstrates His love toward us," he emphasizes the vastness of divine love, in that He delivered His Son to die for us; and then, regarding our condition; for God did not do this because of our merits, but "while we were still sinners," as St. Paul says in his Epistle to the Ephesians (Ephesians 2:4): "But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ."
In Romans V.
III. — In these matters, it can scarcely be believed. The Scripture says: "Look among the nations and watch—be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days that you would not believe, though it were told you." (Habakkuk 1:5). For Christ to have died for us is something astonishing, something that is hardly conceivable. And this is what the Apostle says, "Indeed, I will do a work in your days, a work that you will not believe, even if someone were to declare it to you." (Acts 13:41)
Such is the grace of God and His love toward us that He has done more for us than we can comprehend or conceive.
In Symb.
(P. D. Mézard, O. P., Meditationes ex Operibus S. Thomae.)
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quoting nevent1q…77vvTitle 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.
10. Friday after the First Sunday of Lent: On the Feast of the Lance and the Nails of Our Lord
Friday of the First Week of Lent
"One of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water." (John 19:34)
I. — It is significant that Scripture says "pierced Him," and not "hit Him," for through this side, the door of eternal life was opened to us. "After this I looked, and behold, a door was opened in heaven" (Revelation 4:1). This is the door that symbolized that one, at the side of the ark, through which the animals entered to be saved in the flood.
II. — But this door is the cause of salvation. Therefore, Scripture says "immediately there came out blood and water," and it is very miraculous that, from the body of a dead person, where the blood is coagulated, blood should flow.
This happened to show us that, through the Passion of Christ, we achieve full cleansing of our sins and our stains.
— Of our sins, by the blood, which is the price of our redemption, according to Scripture, "You were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot." (1 Peter 1:18-19)
— Of our stains, by the water, which is the washing of our regeneration, according to Scripture, "I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your filthiness." (Ezekiel 36:25); "In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness." (Zechariah 13:1)
And thus, these two things refer especially to the two sacraments: the water to the sacrament of baptism; the blood to the Eucharist. Alternatively, both can refer to the sacrament of the Eucharist, since in the Eucharist water is mixed with wine; although it is not the water of the substance of the sacrament.
This figure is also fitting: just as from the side of Christ, who slept on the cross, blood and water flowed, by which the Church is consecrated, so, from the side of Adam, who was asleep, the woman was formed, who prefigured the Church itself.
In Joan., XIX
(P. D. Mézard, O. P., Meditationes ex Operibus S. Thomae.)
#God #Deus #Isten #Gott #Jesus #Católico #Catholic #Katholik #katholisch #Katolikus #catholique #Faith #Fé #foi #信仰 #Latin #Latim #Gospel #Evangelho #Evangélium #évangile #Dieu #福音 #日本 #カトリック #Bible #Biblestr #Nostr #Grownostr
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