St.Thomas Aquinas appears to Marie-Julie Jahenny, prepares her for the
'Holy Novitiate' of the Cross. HEAVEN CANNOT BE GAINED WITHOUT THE CROSS.
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(July 4, 1878)
“The peace of the Lord be in your soul, may that Peace be entirely within you, I am St. Thomas
Aquinas.”
Marie-Julie: “Oh! Good Saint, I've known you long time!”
St. Thomas: “I come from the good Jesus before the entry of the Holy Novitiate. I see with pleasure the great road of the Cross open. Know for certain that there is nothing but suffering, humiliations and surrendering (of the will) that open this great way of perfection.
(St. Thomas): NO ONE WILL ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN WHO HAS NOT SUFFERED AND CARRIED HIS CROSS. We must carry the cross and suffer with Jesus. IT IS A NECESSITY ... The sufferings on earth are the first heaven of the soul; after the soul passes this paradise of tests, God opens another heaven when it sees Him, to worship and love Him more. It is necessary that the soul is completely purified and the mind is disengaged of all human thoughts, all love of the earth.
To enter the great way perfect, it is absolutely necessary to be tried, humiliated on the earth. THIS IS THE CLEARIST PROOF THAT GOD GIVE HIS TRUE FRIENDS TO DISTINGUISH THEM AND TO MAKE THEM HIS TRUE ADOPTED CHILDREN.
In the path of sublime elevation, the most certain mark of truth is peace of soul, and at the same time, peace in the continuously rebellious part of the human heart. Even if while on earth we would all have all the tests of St. Paul and other saints who rose to the highest levels of perfection, all these trials, all the storms of the enemy, we would not lose this peace of soul ...
IF GOD LEFT US A LIFETIME OF ENJOYMENT, WITHOUT TEMPTATION, WITHOUT TESTS, we would have NO MERIT ~ WE WOULD NOT BE THE TRUE CHILDREN OF GOD.
Sometimes God allows trials, pains upon pains; it is then that our soul makes rapid progress towards divine perfection. The test is a safeguard and also a light and a defence for the soul ...”
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Notes: St. Thomas is often called the 'Angelic Doctor' born at Roccasecca near Aquina, Naples c. 1226, he was educated by the Bendictines at Montecassino. He joined the then recently founded Dominicans, studied and recived his doctorate of theology in Paris, and from then taught that subject in Paris (1252-1262), Orvieto (1261-1264), Rome (1265-1267), Viterbo (1268), back to Paris (1269-71) and Naples (1272-1274). He died at Fossanova near Rome on his way to the Council of Lyons. Canonized in 1323 and declared Doctor of the Church in 1567, and later patron saint of Catholic universities and centres of study in 1880. He is the acknowledged prince of Catholic theologians, and his work 'Summa Theologica' is unrivalled as an authority in that branch of sacred learning. He was also a gifted poet, his hymns for the feast of Corpus Christi still being popular classical favourites in liturgical and extra-liturgical functions.
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(July 4, 1878)
“The peace of the Lord be in your soul, may that Peace be entirely within you, I am St. Thomas
Aquinas.”
Marie-Julie: “Oh! Good Saint, I've known you long time!”
St. Thomas: “I come from the good Jesus before the entry of the Holy Novitiate. I see with pleasure the great road of the Cross open. Know for certain that there is nothing but suffering, humiliations and surrendering (of the will) that open this great way of perfection.
(St. Thomas): NO ONE WILL ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN WHO HAS NOT SUFFERED AND CARRIED HIS CROSS. We must carry the cross and suffer with Jesus. IT IS A NECESSITY ... The sufferings on earth are the first heaven of the soul; after the soul passes this paradise of tests, God opens another heaven when it sees Him, to worship and love Him more. It is necessary that the soul is completely purified and the mind is disengaged of all human thoughts, all love of the earth.
To enter the great way perfect, it is absolutely necessary to be tried, humiliated on the earth. THIS IS THE CLEARIST PROOF THAT GOD GIVE HIS TRUE FRIENDS TO DISTINGUISH THEM AND TO MAKE THEM HIS TRUE ADOPTED CHILDREN.
In the path of sublime elevation, the most certain mark of truth is peace of soul, and at the same time, peace in the continuously rebellious part of the human heart. Even if while on earth we would all have all the tests of St. Paul and other saints who rose to the highest levels of perfection, all these trials, all the storms of the enemy, we would not lose this peace of soul ...
IF GOD LEFT US A LIFETIME OF ENJOYMENT, WITHOUT TEMPTATION, WITHOUT TESTS, we would have NO MERIT ~ WE WOULD NOT BE THE TRUE CHILDREN OF GOD.
Sometimes God allows trials, pains upon pains; it is then that our soul makes rapid progress towards divine perfection. The test is a safeguard and also a light and a defence for the soul ...”
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Notes: St. Thomas is often called the 'Angelic Doctor' born at Roccasecca near Aquina, Naples c. 1226, he was educated by the Bendictines at Montecassino. He joined the then recently founded Dominicans, studied and recived his doctorate of theology in Paris, and from then taught that subject in Paris (1252-1262), Orvieto (1261-1264), Rome (1265-1267), Viterbo (1268), back to Paris (1269-71) and Naples (1272-1274). He died at Fossanova near Rome on his way to the Council of Lyons. Canonized in 1323 and declared Doctor of the Church in 1567, and later patron saint of Catholic universities and centres of study in 1880. He is the acknowledged prince of Catholic theologians, and his work 'Summa Theologica' is unrivalled as an authority in that branch of sacred learning. He was also a gifted poet, his hymns for the feast of Corpus Christi still being popular classical favourites in liturgical and extra-liturgical functions.
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