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@RevDrMatthewFox@universeodon.com · Mar 09, 2026
#Aquinas: "There is a double #Resurrection." The first is #wakingup in this lifetime. If we do this correctly, we need not worry about the second. Being asleep=separation from God: acedia, passivity, depression. Cure=experience of love, beauty, goodness: #fallinginlove w/ life. https://bit.ly/4qqZFGo
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@RevDrMatthewFox@universeodon.com · Mar 07, 2026
#Aquinas: " #Angels carry thoughts from #prophet to prophet." Angels are cosmic beings who assist w/ the work of the unfolding & evolving universe...not just guarding individuals but instrumental in "governing the universe." https://bit.ly/4qqZFGo
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@RevDrMatthewFox@universeodon.com · Mar 06, 2026
#Aquinas: "It pertains to #Magnanimity to have a great soul." "Because #courage ...strengthens a person against #evil, magnanimity strengthens a person to take on good tasks.That is why #trust pertains more properly to magnanimity than to courage...No evil person [can]be magnanimous." bit.ly/4qqZFGo Image: Queen Esther publicly exposes Haman’s plot to Ahasuerus during the royal banquet. Painting by Jan Steen, Wikimedia.
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@RevDrMatthewFox@universeodon.com · Mar 04, 2026
#Aquinas: " #Playfulness, or #Fun, is a Virtue.....Weariness of the soul must of necessity be remedied by resting the soul, and the soul's rest is pleasure." Aquinas urges us to take care of ourselves & know our limits...even if the cause is good. bit.ly/4qqZFGo
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@RevDrMatthewFox@universeodon.com · Mar 02, 2026
#Aquinas: "The #prophet's mind is moved not only to apprehend something, but also to speak or do something." All are called to do what prophets do: [to develop one's strength to overcome "fear of the world"], to stand up for justice & struggle for healing & justice. bit.ly/4qqZFGo
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@RevDrMatthewFox@universeodon.com · Feb 28, 2026
#Aquinas: " #Conscience is more to be obeyed than authority imposed from outside. By following a right conscience, you not only do not incur sin but are also immune from sin, whatever superiors may say to the contrary." https://bit.ly/4qqZFGo Photo: AL state troopers beat civil rights protestor John Lewis, 1965; U.S. Embassy, The Hague, on Flickr.
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@RevDrMatthewFox@universeodon.com · Feb 26, 2026
#Aquinas: "The vision of God is arrived at through #justice." Contemplative practice may be one way to seek a vision of the divine, & nature connection another, but for Aquinas another route was working for justice & compassion...& he urges the rest of us to get on board. bit.ly/4qqZFGo
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@RevDrMatthewFox@universeodon.com · Feb 24, 2026
#Aquinas: "It is a great thing to do #miracles, but it is a greater thing to live virtuously." Rather than overindulging in commentaries on the #commandments or threats & fear to motivate healthy actions, he discusses the #Beatitudes, containing "the whole perfection of our life." bit.ly/4qqZFGo
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@RevDrMatthewFox@universeodon.com · Feb 23, 2026
#Aquinas: "The 1st requirement, then, for the contemplation of #wisdom is that we should take complete possession of our minds before anything else does." Quieting the ❤️ is the work of #meditation. AND it is important to put contemplation into #action, not to hoard it for oneself. https://bit.ly/4qqZFGo
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@RevDrMatthewFox@universeodon.com · Feb 21, 2026
For the book: #Aquinas: "The greatest accomplishment of the human mind is to know that it does not know who #God is." Some truths are bigger than human concepts & beyond human words or reasoning. They come primarily from experience. Thus we are first to *taste* the divine goodness. bit.ly/4qqZFGo
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@RevDrMatthewFox@universeodon.com · Feb 20, 2026
#Aquinas insists upon te transcendence of the divine, but does not define [it] in a lazy fashion....For him, "God is closer to us than we are to ourselves" & "God is in all things in the most intimate way." God is "far beyond anything we think." https://bit.ly/4qqZFGo
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@RevDrMatthewFox@universeodon.com · Feb 19, 2026
#Aquinas: "Every being is a name for #God; & no being is a name for God." By opening up our minds & ❤️s to multiple names for God, he encourages us to let go of stale & tired God-naming & become young & fresh in our relationship to the Divine: Flow, Energy, #Wisdom, #Goddess, #Gaia... https://bit.ly/4qqZFGo
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@RevDrMatthewFox@universeodon.com · Feb 17, 2026
#Aquinas: "Every #truth w/o exception - & whoever may utter it - is from the Holy Spirit." I.e., truths from *all* #religioustraditions are "from the Holy Spirit" & therefore to be listened to & meditated upon. They can all lead us to the divine... bit.ly/4qqZFGo Photo: #ancestoraltar, #CosmicMass.
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@RevDrMatthewFox@universeodon.com · Feb 12, 2026
#Aquinas: "God is an #artist & the universe is God's work of art." Think: *you* are God's work of art, not a sinner, wretch, or object of judgment or wrath from a punitive father-god in the sky. "How could God hate a single thing, as God is the artist of everything?" https://bit.ly/4qqZFGo
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@RevDrMatthewFox@universeodon.com · Feb 11, 2026
#Aquinas: "The 1st & primary meaning of #salvation is this: To preserve things in the #good." Not saving us from hell or getting into heaven, nor even about humans in particular. He is talking about all things, creation, the cosmos, cosmic awareness & goodness. Goodness comes 1st. bit.ly/4qqZFGo Image: Jan Brueghel the Elder, The Garden of Eden. Wekimedia.
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@RevDrMatthewFox@universeodon.com · Feb 05, 2026
#Aquinas encourages all to get a life - an inner life - & start paying attention to our experiences of beauty & truth, oneness & oneing; i.e. to value our #mystical experiences & make them the basis of our consciences, choices, values, work, & goals: "Taste & see that God is good." bit.ly/4qqZFGo
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@RevDrMatthewFox@universeodon.com · Jan 30, 2026
#Aquinas doesn't preach modern #individualism. Community, the kinship of all beings that make up one beautiful whole, the cosmox, is at stake. "All things are connected in a common bond of friendship w/ all nature," seeking & desiring God. bit.ly/4qqZFGo
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