*** *** *** “To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”

— One of the greatest philosophers and theologians of all time, the Angelic Doctor exhibited a profound holiness of life. His great work, “Summa Theologica,” was not yet finished when he died. Following a mystical experience, Aquinas declared he would write no more, “such things have been revealed to me that what I have written seems like straw.”