Monday Musings - St. Thomas Aquinas - Kernels of Wisdom for Lenten Reflection

                

Want a simple but fruitful exercise this Lent? How about chewing on one of these short but powerfully packed kernels of wisdom from St. Thomas Aquinas each day during Lent? 

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Our body must be subject to the soul.  Death, sickness and all defects of the body are due to lack of the body’s subjection to the soul.

Fasting is mandatory and essential to spiritual growth.  Fasting is useful for removal and prevention of sin, and for raising the mind to spiritual things.

Go to the foot of the cross.  Contemplate Him who suffered so much for me and Him Whom I should love.

Christ is likened to a seed that fell to the ground and died but brought good fruit-remission of sins, conversion and fruits and glory (grace and mercy).

Christ allowed Himself to be tempted: to strengthen us against temptation, to warn us that no one, no matter how holy, may think himself free from temptation; to give us an example of how to overcome temptation (quote scripture to Satan); and to fill us with confidence in His mercy.

Avoid all occasions of temptation.  When Satan tempts, turn immediately to the Holy Ghost Who is more powerful than Satan.