The Smartest Man Who Ever Lived

Decade St. Thomas Aquinas

We often hear people described as ‘the smartest guy/gal whoever lived!’ In St. Thomas’ case, this might be true! This 13th C saint was so amazing with his theological output that Popes and theologians have identified his writings as the primary source for understanding the truths of Divine Revelation. This isn’t the most amazing thing about him, though. The most amazing thing about him is his heroic virtues, especially humility. One year before he died, he was granted a heavenly vision. Upon recovering his senses from this divine contemplation, he told a fellow friar he would never finish his theological masterpiece called the Summa Theologiae, because compared to what he had seen, it was as straw!

I returned to the Church in 1989 after I heard a woman offer her testimony about how her life changed when she visited Medjugorje, a town in what was then Yugoslavia where the Blessed Virgin was supposedly appearing to six children. I still had a ton of questions bothering me due to such poor catechesis. It was a year almost to the date when God opened the floodgates of knowledge for me, and I began the journey that has led me to cofound the School of Faith and the Movement of the Holy Family. Knowledge of the faith and the desire to share it with others completely changed my life, although I lay no claim to the greatness of St. Thomas. Receiving and sharing; sharing and receiving, all for the love of God. Can you think of a better or more simple way to live your life? St. Thomas Aquinas, intercede for us that we grow in holiness through knowledge of Jesus.