Title of the work in Latin
MEDULLA S. THOMAE AQUITATIS PER OMNES ANNI LITURGICI DIES DISTRBUITA, SEU MEDITATIONES EX OPERIBUS S. THOMAE DEPROMPTAE
Compilation and organization by
FR. Z. MÉZARD O. P.
NOTE
All titles marked with an asterisk contain material that is no longer attributed to Saint Thomas Aquinas
35. Tuesday after the First Sunday of the Passion: The Tomb of Christ
Tuesday of the First Week of the Passion
"Why do you trouble this woman? For she has done a good work for Me... For in pouring this fragrant oil on My body, she did it for My burial" (Mt 26:10-12).
It was fitting that Christ be buried.
1. First, to confirm the truth of His death; for no one is placed in a tomb unless it is known that he is truly dead. Therefore, in the Gospel (Mark 15:44-45), it is written that Pilate, before allowing Christ to be buried, sought to ascertain by diligent inquiry whether He was dead.
2. Second, because having risen from the tomb, He gave hope of resurrection, through Him, to those who are buried, according to what is said in the Gospel (John 5:28): "All who are in the graves will hear the voice of the Son of God."
3. Third, for the example of those who, through the death of Christ, died spiritually to sins, in accordance with the Scripture (Ps 30:21): "They are hidden from the trouble of men." Therefore, the Apostle says (Col 3:3): "For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God." Thus, the baptized, who by the death of Christ have died to sins, are as if they are buried with Christ through immersion, according to the Apostle (Romans 6:4): "We were buried with Christ through baptism."
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Just as the death of Christ efficiently effected our salvation, so did His burial. Therefore, Jerome says: "We rise through the burial of Christ." And what is stated in Scripture (Isaiah 53:9): "And He made His grave with the wicked," the Glossa says: that is, the people who had no piety, He will give them to God the Father, because He won them through His death.
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Of Christ, Scripture says (Ps 87:6): "He has become a man without help, free among the dead." Now, Our Lord showed that even buried among the dead He was free, by the fact that the inclusion in the tomb could not prevent Him from rising from it through the resurrection.
IIIa q. LI a. 1
(P. D. Mézard, O. P., Meditationes ex Operibus S. Thomae.)
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35. Tuesday after the First Sunday of the Passion: The Tomb of Christ
Tuesday of the First Week of the Passion
"Why do you trouble this woman? For she has done a good work for Me... For in pouring this fragrant oil on My body, she did it for My burial" (Mt 26:10-12).
It was fitting that Christ be buried.
1. First, to confirm the truth of His death; for no one is placed in a tomb unless it is known that he is truly dead. Therefore, in the Gospel (Mark 15:44-45), it is written that Pilate, before allowing Christ to be buried, sought to ascertain by diligent inquiry whether He was dead.
2. Second, because having risen from the tomb, He gave hope of resurrection, through Him, to those who are buried, according to what is said in the Gospel (John 5:28): "All who are in the graves will hear the voice of the Son of God."
3. Third, for the example of those who, through the death of Christ, died spiritually to sins, in accordance with the Scripture (Ps 30:21): "They are hidden from the trouble of men." Therefore, the Apostle says (Col 3:3): "For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God." Thus, the baptized, who by the death of Christ have died to sins, are as if they are buried with Christ through immersion, according to the Apostle (Romans 6:4): "We were buried with Christ through baptism."
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Just as the death of Christ efficiently effected our salvation, so did His burial. Therefore, Jerome says: "We rise through the burial of Christ." And what is stated in Scripture (Isaiah 53:9): "And He made His grave with the wicked," the Glossa says: that is, the people who had no piety, He will give them to God the Father, because He won them through His death.
*
Of Christ, Scripture says (Ps 87:6): "He has become a man without help, free among the dead." Now, Our Lord showed that even buried among the dead He was free, by the fact that the inclusion in the tomb could not prevent Him from rising from it through the resurrection.
IIIa q. LI a. 1
(P. D. Mézard, O. P., Meditationes ex Operibus S. Thomae.)
#God #Deus #Isten #Gott #Jesus #Católico #Catholic #Katholik #katholisch #Katolikus #catholique #Faith #Fé #foi #信仰 #Latin #Latim #Gospel #Evangelho #Evangélium #évangile #Dieu #福音 #日本 #カトリック #Bible #Biblestr #Nostr #Grownostr