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On Concupiscence and Desire

by Sr Mary Magdalene o.p

This is the fourth talk in Sr Mary Magdalene's series on St Thomas on the passions.  Here she looks at the issue of desire.  Click here for the video link

This Aquinas on the Passions video focuses on Concupiscence and Desire according to St. Thomas. Sr. Mary Magdalene, O.P., will explain how concupiscence affects us with regard to sin, and how we can respond appropriately. 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 Please be sure to Like our videos and Subscribe to Thomistic Studies. 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. Prayer Attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas: “Whatever is pleasing to you, O merciful God, may I ardently desire, wisely pursue, truly recognize, and bring to perfect completion, to the praise and glory of your name. Amen.”

 

 

Ruach Adonai

by Sr Tamsin Geach o.p.

Our Lady of Pentecost by Lawrence Lew o.p.
Our Lady of Pentecost

The last few weeks, Eastertide have been exploring the nature of Christ.  First of all we looked at how He was in His Risen nature truly human – able to eat, be touched, talk, share experiences, have breakfast.  In this second half of Lent we are looking at Jesus in His Divine Nature, as the  Second Person of the Trinity.   So in week 4 of Eastertide we saw Jesus using the divine name , ‘I am’, and last week we continued in this theme. 
This week we begin the preparation for the Sending of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, and in this context we are introduced to God as Trinity:  ‘I shall ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you for ever, that Spirit of truth.’

 

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