Holy Cards For Your Inspiration

IMAGO SACRA MILLE GRATIARUM VALET. ("A holy picture is worth a thousand graces")................... This blog is a means to show some of my holy card collection along with some interesting thoughts and inspirations. "....artists have the privilege in the Church and throughout history, to open up so that people can see the mystery of God. The artist speaks, not just literally, but symbolically. Visual images, if well done, can move us. That's a ministry." Quote from Brother Michael Moran, C.P

Thursday, January 28, 2010

St. Thomas Aquinas Feast Day...Januaray 28

"Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. "
Saint Thomas Aquinas

"Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures. "
Saint Thomas Aquinas

"Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine. "
Saint Thomas Aquinas

To read about St. Thomas Aquinas, click here

3 comments:

JWY6:40 AM, January 28, 2010
Do you happen to have citations for those quotations from Thomas? I'd be interested to look them up.
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Mary Lou1:53 PM, January 28, 2010
What a great saint, Micki! I was pleasantly surprised, in further reading, the many quotes that are attributed to him. He truly was a holy and intellectually astute man.
T Y!
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Micki4:02 PM, January 28, 2010
Iosephus - Just Google the first sentence and it will take you to the site.

Mary Lou - Yes he certainly was a holy model for us all. Y W.
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