Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

This is the fourth and final week I am posting quotations excerpted from St. Thomas Aquinas – Meditations for Every Day, translated and illustrated by Rev. E.C. McEniry, O.P .  I hope that you found much fruit for your contemplation. If you missed any of the previous posts in this series, you can find them here , here . and here .                   John is crying in the wilderness for four reasons:           A cry introduces a manifestation, and therefore, to show that Christ        speaks publicly through John and in him.           A cry is sounded to those who are distant.   But the Jews were far away           from God and hence it was necessary that John should cry.       ...