In off-the-cuff remarks to participants in the Eleventh International Thomistic Congress, Pope Francis emphasized that following a great thinker like Saint Thomas means reflecting on a guide and master, not just another intellectual.He warned that within thomism, there is a danger of “instrumentalizing” St Thomas; and gives the example of the many interpretations that make the saint a slave of “casuistic thinking. Such a procedure risks making a “mockery” of the master’s thought.
From this example, the Pope indicated the correct procedure to follow: “Before speaking of St Thomas, before speaking of Thomism, before teaching, one must contemplate: contemplate the master, understand beyond intellectual thought what the master lived and what the master wanted to tell us.” Taking up the liturgical prayer for the saint’s feast, the Holy Father highlighted Thomas’ pursuit of holiness and passion for sacred doctrine. “Here we find also your spiritual programme,” he said: “to imitate the Saint and to allow yourselves to be illuminated and guided by the Doctor and Teacher.”The desire for a deeper understanding of the faith, he continued, is not “optional for the believer,” but rather “a part of the very dynamism of faith.
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