{"product_id":"2940148169833","title":"Saint Thomas Aquinas","description":"\u003cbr\u003eSOURCES:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAYERS www.litugialatina.org\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSAINT THOMAS AQUINAS \u003cbr\u003ePATRON SAINT OF\u003cbr\u003e Academics; against storms; against lightning; apologists; Aquino, Italy; Book sellers; Catholic academies, schools, and universities; chastity; Falerna, Italy; learning; pencil makers; philosophers; publishers; scholars; student\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003eFEAST JANUARY  28\u003cbr\u003eDivine grace aiding, made him the “Angelic Doctor”.\u003cbr\u003e(2) The spirit of prayer, his great piety and devotion, drew down blessings on his studies. Explaining why he read, every day, portions of the “Conferences” of Cassian, he said: “In such reading I find devotion, whence I readily ascend to contemplation” (Prümmer, op. cit., p. 32). In the lessons of the Breviary read on his feast day it is explicitly stated that he never began to study without first invoking the assistance of God in prayer; and when he wrestled with obscure passages of the Scriptures, to prayer he added fasting. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER ONE SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSt Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"M.M.Snyder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122315378928,"sku":"2940148169833","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148169833_p0.jpg?v=1763698375","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148169833","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}