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When Christ Spoke From a Crucifix: The Mystical Vision of Saint Thomas Aquinas

“Thou hast written well of me, Thomas; what reward wilt thou have?”

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