HOLY SOULS PRAYER TREASURY

by Schoenstatt Scotland | Nov 2, 2016 | Contlempation, Holy Door, Holy Souls, Jesus, Mary The Mother of God, Meditation, Prayer, Schoenstatt, Sisters of Mary, Story, UK, Year of Mercy

TALK DELIVERED IN THE SHRINE AT A SERVICE FOR THE HOLY SOULS 1ST NOVEMBER16

by Schoenstatt Scotland | Nov 2, 2016 | Contlempation, Holy Souls, Jesus, Mary The Mother of God, Meditation, Prayer, Schoenstatt, Scotland, Sisters of Mary, Stillness, Story, The Holy Souls, UK, Year of Mercy

In this Year of Mercy, and in this recurring month of November, praying for the Holy Souls shouldn’t elude us, for it is one of the seven Spiritual Acts of Mercy. We can never lose out in praying for them, we are most certainly rewarded and enlarged spiritually, for...

HOMILY DELIVERED BY HIS GRACE, ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS, MARIO CONTI

by Schoenstatt Scotland | Oct 25, 2016 | Mary The Mother of God, Our Lady, Pilgrimages, Schoenstatt, Scotland, Shrine, Sisters of Mary, UK, Year of Mercy

SCHOENSTATT SCOTLAND – CROWNING OF THE STATUE OF OUR LADY:  OCTOBER 23rd 2016 His Grace rendered a marvelously well-received homily, which was commented on by so many of the pilgrims attending our last pilgrimage of the year, and spent time talking with pilgrims over...

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS ON LAW

by Schoenstatt Scotland | Jun 15, 2016 | Campsie Glen, Contlempation, Jesus, Meditation, Schoenstatt, Scotland, Silence, Sisters of Mary, Stillness, Story, UK, Year of Mercy

St. Thomas Aquinas on Law Thomas’s definition of law: ‘an ordination of reason for the common good spread by the one who is in charge of the community.’ Balancing intellect and will. Whenever someone desires an end, reason commands what is to be done to reach it. For...

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS: ETERNITY OF THE WORLD

by Schoenstatt Scotland | Jun 15, 2016 | Campsie Glen, Contlempation, Schoenstatt, Scotland, Shrine, Silence, Sisters of Mary, Stillness, Story, UK, Year of Mercy

St. Thomas Aquinas: Eternity of the World De Aeternitate Mundi.  Aristotle believed the world had always existed. Thomas believed it false. The Bible tells us so. It cannot be proved by reasoning alone that the world did not exist from eternity. Createdness has to do...

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS ON TIME AND ETERNITY

by Schoenstatt Scotland | Jun 13, 2016 | Campsie Glen, Glasgow, Jesus, Meditation, Prayer, Scotland, Silence, Sisters of Mary, Stillness, Story, UK, Year of Mercy

Aquinas on time and eternity According to St. Thomas Aquinas, as far as temporal (relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs, i.e., secular) things are concerned, only present things exist. God knows immediately, all at once, in a single act the past,...