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“15 Days of Prayer” Collection

Now distributed by New City Press, this popular series is perfect for those looking for an introduction to a particular spiritual guide, those searching for gift ideas, and those who merely wish to know more about the person and his or her spirituality. Additional volume planned in 2 to 3 months intervals. Each volume contains:

• A brief biography of the saint or spiritual leader introduced in that volume
• A guide to creating a format for prayer and retreat
• 15 meditation sessions with focus points and reflection guides


Follow in the footsteps of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Saint Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274), generally regarded as the greatest of Catholic theologians, was born of a knightly family, educated at the monastery of Monte Cassino, and in 1244 joined the Dominican Order against his family’s wishes. His life was dedicated to studying, lecturing, and writing — his major works were Summa contra Gentes and Summa Theologica — but Thomas was also a mystic, engaging in deeply contemplative prayer that was sometimes ecstatic. In 1272 he experienced a divine revelation, after which he declared his writings “so much straw” in comparison to what he had seen, and composed no more in the brief period before his death.


Sit at the Master’s Feet

Thomas Aquinas as spiritual guide is inseparable from Thomas Aquinas as teacher; 15 days of prayer with Saint Thomas is also 15 days of absorbing the teachings of the Angelic Doctor. From the nature of God to the Blessed Virgin, from the body of Christ offered on Calvary to the body of Christ incarnate in the Church, here is a lucid distillation of Saint Thomas’s thought and philosophy — an invitation to a 15-day period of reflection and prayer with the Universal Doctor.


Suzanne Vrai is a lay oblate of the Benedictine monastery at Fleury in the Loire region of France.

André Pinet is a Benedictine at the Fleury monastery, a theologian, and director of the oblates of that community.

St. Thomas Aquinas

Feast Day: Roman Rite Calendar - 01/28 Tridentine Calendar - 01/28 Patron Of: Theologians, Universities, Clear Weather, Pencil Makers, Philosophers, Publishers, Scholars, Schools, Students, Against Storms, Apologists, Booksellers, Catholic Universities, Chastity, Against Lightning Also known as Angelic Doctor; Doctor Angelicus; Doctor Communis; Great Synthesizer; The Dumb Ox; The Universal Teacher Profile     Son of the Count of Aquino, born in the family castle in Lombardy near Naples. Educated by Benedictine monks at Monte Cassino, and at the University of Naples. He secretly joined the mendicant Dominican friars in 1244. His noble family kidnapped and imprisoned him for a year to keep him out of sight, and deprogram him, but he rejoined his order in 1245.     He studied in Paris from 1245-1248 under Saint Albert the Great, then accompanied Albertus to Cologne. Ordained in 1250, then returned to Paris to teach. Taught theology at University of Paris. He wrote defenses of the mendicant orders, commentaries on Aristotle and Lombard's Sentences, and some bible-related works, usually by dictating to secretaries. He won his doctorate, and taught in several Italian cities. Recalled by king and university to Paris in 1269, then recalled to Naples in 1272 where he was appointed regent of studies while working on the Summa Theologica.     On 6 December 1273 he experienced a divine revelation which so enraptured him that he abandoned the Summa, saying that it and his other writing were so much straw in the wind compared to the reality of the divine glory. He died four months later while en route to the Council of Lyons, overweight and with his health broken by overwork.     His works have been seminal to the thinking of the Church ever since. They systematized her great thoughts and teaching, and combined Greek wisdom and scholarship methods with the truth of Christianity. Pope Leo VIII commanded that his teachings be studied by all theology students. He was proclaimed Doctor of the Church in 1567. Born     c.1225 at Roccasecca, Aquino, Naples, Italy Died     7 March 1274 at Fossanuova near Terracina of apparent natural causes; relics interred at Saint-Servin, Toulouse, France; relics translated to the Church of the Jacobins, Toulouse on 22 October 1974 Canonized     1323 All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

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