“Thou hast written well of me, Thomas; what reward wilt thou have?”
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TheChurchcelebratesthefeastofSaintThomasAquinas,aDominicanpriest,theologian,andDoctoroftheChurch,onJanuary28.
Heiswellknownforhismanytheologicalandphilosophicalwritings,includinghiswork,“SummaTheologica,”amongmanyothers.
However,didyouknowthispopularsaintalsoexperienced supernaturalecstasy?
SaintThomasAquinasisoneofmanysaintswhoexperiencedsupernaturalecstasy.OthersincludeSaintCatherineofSiena,SaintTeresaofAvila,SaintJosephofCupertino,SaintAngelaofFoligno,andSaintLidwina.
Inoneinstance, JesusspoketoSaintThomasAquinasfromacrucifixinhispriory’schapelaftercompletingoneofhiswritingsontheEucharist.SaintThomasthenfelthenolongerneededtowrite.
HisfellowDominicanBrotherDominicCasertawitnessedtheaccount,explainingthatSaintThomaswasinecstasyatthetime.BrotherCasertaevensawChristspeakfromtheCrucifix!
AsThomaslayprostrateonthefloor,Jesusspokethesewordsfromthecrucifix:“Thouhastwrittenwellofme,Thomas;whatrewardwilt