Aquinas on the Passions, Talk 6: On Pain and Sorrow

by Sr Mary Magdalene Eitenmiller o.p

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This Aquinas on the Passions video focuses on Pain and Sorrow according to St. Thomas. Sr. Mary Magdalene explains the difference between pain and sorrow, and when sorrow may be virtuous or a vice, as well as suggest a few remedies for it.

For an overview of the 11 main passions as well a few slides explaining them, go to the first talk, "Passions and Virtues in a Time of Distress," here. Thomistic Studies is for persons interested in studying the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas and applying it to daily life. In the course of these videos, Sr. Mary Magdalene, O.P., a Dominican sister with the English Dominican Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena (Stone, U.K.), will explain Aquinas' teaching on various topics, and viewers are free to discuss it and learn more from one another. Sr. Magdalene has an S.T.L. (Licentiate in Sacred Theology) in Thomistic Studies from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. Please be sure to Like our video and Subscribe to the Thomistic Studies Youtube Channel.