Saint Thomas Aquinas
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"May all transitory things, O LORD, be worthless to me and may all things eternal be ever cherished by me."
Saint Thomas Aquinas was an individual that lived in the 1200s and was faithful to GOD Almighty. We learn that he was able to be both a believer and a student who kept learning about the worship of GOD Almighty. Saint Thomas Aquinas was able to describe about the importance of the faith and the need to develop virtues for the glorification of GOD Almighty. We learn that Saint Thomas Aquinas also described the importance of logic and reasoning allowing for individuals to know that there is meaning and purpose in the worship of GOD Almighty.
"I praise Your compassion extended to me for so long a time and Your gentleness appearing in the guise of correction."
Saint Thomas Aquinas was able to teach and also preach about the importance of GOD Almighty. Saint Thomas Aquinas was born in Naples, Italy and was able to choose to worship GOD Almighty. He was able to instruct and write about the importance of the faith. Saint Thomas Aquinas was able to write more than hundreds of volumes instructing the importance of the faith in Christianity. We learn that Saint Thomas Aquinas described the importance of logical reasoning in understanding that the Scriptures speak truth.
"I praise Your tenderness calling out to me, Your kindness welcoming me, and Your mercy forgiving my sins."
Saint Thomas Aquinas described the importance of prayer and making sure that we recognize the importance of GOD Almighty in our lives. We learn that GOD Almighty is a loving Father that cares about his children. We learn that GOD Almighty cares about the righteous and wants us to pray to GOD Almighty. The Scriptures describe the importance of prayer in our day to day lives. We learn from the Sacred Scriptures that GOD Almighty listens to our prayers and helps us persevere with fidelity to GOD Almighty.
"I praise Your humility that consoles me, Your patience that shelters me, Your eternity that preserves me, and Your truth that rewards me."
Saint Thomas Aquinas described the importance of practicing humility and virtues that allow us to persevere in the worship of GOD Almighty. Saint Thomas Aquinas has prayers that describe the importance of acknowledging GOD Almighty being the source of all things good. We learn that we develop virtues when we decide to worship GOD Almighty with sincerity of heart and obey the commandments of Moses. We are supposed to repent of sin with sincerity of heart and persevere developing virtues for the worship of GOD Almighty.
Prayer of Saint Thomas Aquinas Concerning Perseverance and Keeping Fidelity to GOD Almighty
We can meditate and remind ourselves that we have everything in GOD Almighty. We can pray for perseverance and fidelity to persist to Shabbath Millennium and New Jerusalem.
"Oh merciful GOD, grant that I may
desire ardently
search prudently,
recognize truly,
and bring to perfect completion
whatever is pleasing to You
for the praise and glory of Your name.
Put my life in good order, Oh my GOD.
Grant that I may know
what You require me to do.
Bestow upon me
the power to accomplish Your purpose,
as is necessary and fitting
for the salvation of my soul.
Grant to me, Oh LORD my GOD,
that I may not falter in times of prosperity or adversity."
We can persist everyday by going to prayer first thing in the morning along with reading Scripture. Prayer helps us persevere knowing that GOD Almighty listens to us. Saint Thomas Aquinas' prayer is a great prayer because we are reminded to prioritize the worship of GOD Almighty. GOD Almighty is most important over everything in this life. We trust that GOD Almighty guides us in the path of life. We do not trust in our own understanding and instead trust in GOD Almighty. If we trust in GOD Almighty, we can persevere. We can ask to have perseverance and unchanging fidelity to make it to Shabbath Millennium and New Jerusalem. We can also ask for understanding to distinguish good from evil and motivation to persevere amidst not so great times. Having worship music on also helps. We also prioritize the worship of GOD Almighty regardless of circumstances, persecution, or times.
"Give to me, Oh LORD,
a watchful heart,
which no capricious thought
can lure away from You.
Give to me,
a noble heart,
which no worthless desire can debase.
Give to me
a resolute heart,
which no evil intention can divert.
Give to me
a stalwart heart,
which no tribulation can overcome."
St. Thomas Aquinas dedicated his life to King Jesus Christ and never renounced his faith. Before fighting spiritual warfare from the accuser, he was discouraged from being a priest. When he decided to be a priest, his family members tried to discourage him from the priesthood. His family wanted him to go into a lucrative field where he could make money. St. Thomas Aquinas resisted the discouragements and decided to choose GOD Almighty. He was probably discouraged multiple times from joining the priesthood. St. Thomas Aquinas chose to please GOD Almighty over the erroneous opinions of his relatives and having material temporary wealth in money. One of his relatives paid an adultress to tempt him from his calling, yet St. Thomas Aquinas denied the temptation and fake "relationship".
St. Thomas Aquinas became a priest despite the discouragements, revilings, and envy of the accuser. We can learn from St. Thomas Aquinas to persevere prioritizing GOD Almighty above fake "relationships", socialist relatives, and temporary material wealth. Once a priest, he was attacked by the accuser with revilings, intimidations, and spiritual attacks. St. Thomas Aquinas persevered and increased the number of Christians in Italy and the world in the 1200s being a priest and writing hundreds of volumes on Christianity including Summa Theologica. We can persevere with unchanging fidelity to Yahshua.
"May I desire to please no one,
nor fear to displease anyone,
but You, GOD Almighty."
St. Thomas Aquinas Was Persecuted With Spiritual Warfare
St. Thomas Aquinas was also attacked with spiritual warfare when he began to increase Christianity in Italy. Once he became a priest and wrote with logic and empathy, individuals began to either convert to Christianity or increased their faith. St. Thomas was able to use argumentation through logical conclusions to convince individuals of the truth. St. Thomas was an academic that was empathic. Through rationalization and sound logic, St. Thomas helped convert individuals to Christ. We learn that Christianity has filial love, genuine empathy, logic, reason, insight, knowledge, wisdom, and understanding. This is different from lies that are incongruent with the truth and change often. Idolatry does not have consistent logic and truth.
Since the snake saw that St. Thomas Aquinas was increasing the number of faithful Christians in Italy, it began to sabotage St. Thomas in the 1200s. I have researched but there is no description of the type of spiritual attack that he endured. It may have been either something similar to what Priest Pio, Martin Luther, St. Anthony, or Evan Roberts went through. He may have endured auditory or visual apparitions of the snake. He could have been slandered, falsely accused, or sabotaged like MLK and Pope Benedict XVI. St. Thomas Aquinas never gave up his faith in King Jesus Christ. St. Thomas Aquinas kept praying. St. Thomas Aquinas kept going to Scripture and kept writing. Despite the intimidations, St. Thomas Aquinas worshiped King Jesus Christ. He probably was martyred by socialists yet never renounced his faith. The socialists envied that his contribution to Christianity increased the number of faithful Christians. St. Thomas Aquinas was zealous and humble. Despite discouragements, St. Thomas never renounced his faith. We can learn to persevere worshiping GOD Almighty above the temporary things of this imperfect world.
St. Thomas Aquinas Was Reviled and Bullied In His Youth For Being Introverted
St. Thomas Aquinas was probably an introvert. He was envied in his youth at school. St. Thomas Aquinas was noted to be an introvert and was insulted by other school children for not being extroverted. St. Thomas was called "mute ox" by extrovert bullies for being distinct. St. Thomas did not allow that to discourage him. He kept persevering and became an impressive intellectual. St. Thomas wrote in an impressive manner being able to compile volumes on Christianity.
We learn to persevere despite revilings from socialists and occultists who have nothing good to offer. The revilings from his youth in school probably only strengthened his resolve to worship GOD Almighty instead of listening to erroneous opinions of idolatrous relatives. He probably understood that he was bullied for being distinct and different. He understood that he could be unique without being a sycophant. St. Thomas was unique because he worshiped GOD Almighty and was an introvert. When reviled to prevent him from being a priest, he chose individuality and Christ over conformism and idolatry. We can choose Christ over idol worship.
Acknowledging the Importance of Preaching
Despite the times we live in, we can have gratitude for being able to learn and write. We can have gratitude for being able to preach and lead others to Mashiach. When we delight in the worship of GOD Almighty, that is when we know that GOD Almighty is everything to us. We learn to delight in our going to prayer, reading Psalms, preaching, singing worship songs, having gratitude, meditating on Scripture, and speaking filial love.
We learn that the worship of GOD Almighty is our eternal delight. We learn that socialism wants to deceive far from GOD Almighty because individuals know that the worship of GOD Almighty provides true happiness. Socialism does not. We avoid socialism propaganda and instead worship with good Gospel music and read encouraging information.
"May all work, Oh LORD, delight me when done for your sake."
Perseverance Despite Revilings and Insults
Impressive introverts and extroverts who were bullied by idolators yet practiced genuine empathy:
- St. Thomas Aquinas (industrious and humble)
- Winston Churchill (bravery and defeating Hitler. Also bullied by soviets.)
- Rachel Carson (diligent and opposing pesticide industry in the 1960s. DDT was a monopolized invention.)
- Martin Luther King Jr. (egalitarian and distinct)
- Sharon Tate (beauty and non-hypocritical)
- Hubert Humphrey (non-conformist and going against the establishment in 1968)
- Abraham Lincoln (honesty and equity)
- Viktor E. Frankl (anti-racist and optimist)
- Carole Lombard (fighting racism and non-conformism)
- Medgar Evers (goodness and perseverance)
- Patriarch Tikhon (spoke out against persecution and lies from socialist marxists)
- Spiro Agnew (reviled and possibly falsely accused of corruption to prevent democracy. Yet was not a part of Watergate.)
- Joseph Pulitzer (falsely accused of "inflammatory journalism" and of being too honest while being sabotaged)
- Benedict XVI (was called a homophobe and other lies by marxists for being a true Christian)
Quotes from The Aquinas Prayer Book