Posts Tagged ‘friendship’
Sermon for the Feast of St Thomas Aquinas
29 January 2017 1. Yesterday was the feast of St Thomas Aquinas, a happy day for the Church — or for me at least. I developed something of an unlikely interest in St Thomas’ major work, the Summa Theologiae, when I was about 24. It was intended as an introductory work for thirteenth century university…
Read MoreAelred of Rievaulx: God is Friendship
“Here we are, you and I, and I hope a third, Christ, is in our midst.” “Come now, beloved, open your heart, and pour into these friendly ears whatsoever you will, and let us accept gracefully the gift of this place, time, and leisure.” So begins the work On Spiritual Friendship by Aelred, Abbott of…
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