48views 1share[1] And after that men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them, [2] The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were…
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The genealogy, age, and death of the Patriarchs, from Adam to Noe – Genesis, Chapter 5
175views 1share[1] This is the book of the generation of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him to the likeness of God. [2] He created them male and…
The Secret of the Rosary, Second Rose
68views 1shareSince the Holy Rosary is composed, principally and in substance, of the Prayer of Christ and the Angelic Salutation, that is, the Our Father and the Hail Mary, it was without…
The Secret of the Rosary, First Rose
87views 1shareThe rosary is made up of two things: mental prayer and vocal prayer. In the Holy Rosary mental prayer is none other than the meditation of the chief mysteries of the…
1st Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians, chapter 1
37views 1shareHe reproveth their dissensions about their teachers. The world was to be saved by preaching of the cross, and not by human wisdom or eloquence. [1] Paul, called to be an…
On The Love of Jesus Christ For Us – Sermon of St. Alphonsus
233views 1shareSermon 4 ~ Fourth Sunday Of Advent ~ On The Love Of Jesus Christ For Us, And On Our Obligations To Love Him “And all flesh shall see the salvation of…
Gospel of St. Luke, Introduction
57views 1shareSt. Luke was a native of Antioch, the capital of Syria. He was by profession a physician; and some ancient writers say, that he was very skillful in painting. He was…
Obstacles to Consent (MT #12)
107views 1shareThe obstacles to consent are all those factors that take away or lessen the voluntariness of an act. Thus, the actual obstacles that affect the intellect are reduced to ignorance, spoken…
Kinds of Voluntary Acts (MT #11)
164views 1share A voluntary act is free or necessary, according as one can or cannot abstain from it. The vision of God in heaven is voluntary to the blessed, since they look…
Knowledge Requisite for a Human Act (MT #10)
295views 1shareKnowledge Requisite for a Human Act An act is human, or voluntary, when it is deliberately desired; and, since nothing can be deliberately desired unless it is known, an act done…
Acts as Human (MT #9)
90views 1share(Summa Theologica, I-II, qq. 6-17.) Human acts are a means to man’s Last End, inasmuch as they are meritorious: Labors that deserve a recompense (I Cor., iii. 8) Struggles that deserve…
Article 1: The Last End of Man (MT #8)
61views 1share(Summa Theologica, I-II, qq. 1-5; Contra Gentes, IV, cc. 1-63.) Existence of the Last End Every deliberate act proceeds from the will, and, since the will pursues good as its goal, it…
The Division and Order of Parts in Moral Theology (MT #7)
235views 1shareThe arrangement of his matter made by St. Thomas Aquinas in the Summa Theologica is admittedly unsurpassed and unsurpassable in the qualities that good distribution should have, viz., clearness, connection between parts, completeness….
The history of Cain and Abel, Genesis, Chapter 4
62views 1share[1] And Adam knew Eve his wife: who conceived and brought forth Cain, saying: I have gotten a man through God. [2] And again she brought forth his brother Abel. And…
The first temptation, Genesis, Chapter 3
72views 1share [1] Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God…
The Holy Maccabees, August 1
73views 1shareMartyrs. There were seven brothers who, supported by their heroic mother, preferred to die amid terrible torments rather than be unfaithful to the law of the Lord. Their martyrdom is described…
The History of Moral Theology (MT #6)
149views 1shareThere are three periods in the history of Moral Theology: the Patristic, the Medieval, and the Modern. The Patristic Period (1st to 12th century) The moral writings of the Fathers are…
Saint James the Great, July 25
75views 1shareApostle. He is one of the three favorite disciples of Christ, who with Saint Peter and Saint John attended the glorious transfiguration of Jesus in Tabor, the resurrection of the daughter…
Saint Christina, July 24
108views 1shareVirgin and Martyr. Saint Christina is one of those cases of heroism for the love of Christ despite strong opposition from relatives. Once converted to Catholicism, she began to give her…
Saint Liborius of Le Mans, July 23
82views 1shareBishop and Confessor. He governed the diocese of Mans with apostolic zeal in the 4th century. He followed Christ with ardent determination and reached the crown of victory. His heroic charity…