Today is the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church. He was born in the Kingdom of Sicily around 1225. As a child, he began his schooling at the Benedictine abbey in Monte Cassino. Often, young St. Thomas would question his teacher in his search for truth, asking, "Master, tell me—what is God?”
Only the grace of God could move a young girl like this to choose so humble and lowly a station in life compared to her family's earthly and luxurious lifestyle.
Saint Raymond, on top of being a friar and priest, was a philosopher, secular and canon lawyer, professor, moral theologian, missionary, and even Master of the Order… classic Dominican résumé.