Thomas Aquinas & the Power of Pure Prayer Dr. Kevin Vost

St. Thomas was well aware of how temptations toward sexual impurity and other bodily sins can draw our hearts and minds away from the things that matter most. In writing about the “daughters” of the vice of acedia (or spiritual sloth)…

Grant me grace, O merciful God, to desire ardently all that is pleasing to You.

Grant me grace, O merciful God, to desire ardently all that is pleasing to You, to examine it prudently, to acknowledge it truthfully, and to accomplish it perfectly, for the praise and glory of Your name -- Amen. . . . Lift Up My Hear…