As readers may know, I did a Doctors of the Church series. Here are the links to St. Albert the Great, whose feast day is today. Also included are some other posts merely referring to him.
15 Feb 2013
Part 23 DoC-More Albert the Great-the Holy Spirit will withhold Himself from one who is too distracted. Posted by Supertradmum. Love is in the will, but the will must decide to follow Christ in all things. Too much involvement ...
16 Feb 2013
Theology of the Body people will not like this, however, Albert's insights are proved correct by countless other saints, such as Aquinas, Bernard of Clairvaux, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross and others. The point is not to get ...
15 Feb 2013
I am not doing these doctors in chronological order,but here we have St. Albert the Great referring to another Doctor of the Church, St. Augustine of Hippo. The heart is the seat of love. But, one must will love.
15 Feb 2013
More from the Great Albert: Part 21 in the Doctors of the Church series. Posted by Supertradmum. More on the way of perfection from this saint, Albert the Great. All highlights are my own. My commentary is in blue, to make it ...
21 Feb 2013
More from a good site and more later · I am sick of writing on this false prophet-see my other postings. OK I Am Old- ... losing you? Part 27b, more from Albert the Great. Posted by Supertradmum. Albert teaching Aquinas ...
14 Feb 2013
Albert the Great highlights the need for purity of heart. One moves beyond meditation to contemplation after much time of practice and guidance. Do not think that this cannot be a path for a lay person, as we are all called to ...
09 Dec 2013
I shall save the best one until last, the Universal Doctor of the Church, Thomas Aquinas, and as we already looked at St. Catherine of Siena, a Third Order Dominican, I can concentrate on St. Albert the Great today. Again, I am ...
11 Dec 2013
Because this is heavy stuff at this time of intensity for all of us. I shall try and unpack as much as I can. I shall have several days on Albert the Great. One could do worse than study him for the rest of one's life. And, after him ...
16 Mar 2013
So far, I have dipped into the writings of these great men women, Doctors of the Church, in the series. Hildegard of Binen Therese of Lisieux Teresa of Avila Catherine of Siena Augustine of Hippo Ambrose Albert the Great
08 Aug 2013
I shall save the best one until last, the Universal Doctor of the Church, Thomas Aquinas, and as we already looked at St. Catherine of Siena, a Third Order Dominican, I can concentrate on St. Albert the Great today. Again, I am ...
16 Feb 2013
... optical communications in free space, between spacecrafts, atom optics, Fourier imaging, optical computing, and quantum computing? I need to read more about the N-slit interferometer.... St. Albert the Great would love this!
10 Mar 2013
Albert the Great Bede the Venerable Ephraim the Syrian Bernard of Clairvaux Peter Damian Ambrose Anselm of Canterbury Bonaventure Anthony of Padua John of Avila Lawrence of Brindisi Thomas Aquinas Jerome
01 Mar 2013
This is the pattern of activity and contemplation, referred to in this series through both Albert the Great and Bernard of Clairvaux. Looking at a sermon of St. Augustine's (his works took over long aisles in the Notre Dame library ...
16 Feb 2013
(Luke 10.42) You will experience because of it great grace, helping you towards the acquisition of nakedness of mind and simplicity of heart. Indeed this One Thing is very much present with you if you have made yourself bare ...
06 Dec 2013
So far, I have dipped into the writings of these great men women, Doctors of the Church, in the series. Hildegard of Binen Therese of Lisieux Teresa of Avila Catherine of Siena Augustine of Hippo Ambrose Albert the Great.
01 Aug 2014
I shall save the best one until last, the Universal Doctor of the Church, Thomas Aquinas, and as we already looked at St. Catherine of Siena, a Third Order Dominican, I can concentrate on St. Albert the Great today. Again, I am ...
20 Apr 2013
St. Thomas, St. Albert the Great, St. Bonaventure, and after them St. John of the Cross and St. Francis de Sales (21) found this teaching in the fathers who spoke of the relations of contemplation and perfect love, in St. Paul ...
17 Feb 2013
Reading Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas parallels eating Death by Chocolate Cake. I shall continue with the Doctors of the Church and Perfection tomorrow. Goodbye to the Dominicans and hello to the Benedictines.
18 Feb 2013
Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, Bede the Venerable, Peter Damian, Gregory the Great, and the reformer of the Benedictine Order, Bernard of Clairvaux. So, although the Franciscans claim they have the most, ... So, as a summary, the Doctors covered so far have been Hildegard, Therese, Teresa, Catherine, John of Avila, Albert, Aquinas, Bonaventure, Anthony of Padua, Lawrence of Brindisi, and Francis de Sales. Please follow the tags at the bottom for the entire ...
15 Feb 2013
She was of the opinion that he has shown great humility and courage by admitting his frailty and stepping aside especially in a world that encourages people to cling to power when they are clearly not able to fulfil their obligations. I think it is a testament of his character and how he conducts himself that even such an ...... Part 23 DoC-More Albert the Great-the Holy Spirit ... Part 22 Doctors of the Church and Perfection-Alber... More from the Great Albert: Part 21 in the ...
16 Feb 2013
In a similar way Samson's strength was great, since armed only with the jawbone of an ass, he slew many enemies; and yet counsel is not uselessly given to a soldier to take up arms in combat with his foes. Neither, then, is it useless to counsel those who desire perfection to renounce their earthly goods, although ...... cool and did you know spiders have a good side... And yet more on perfection and Albert the Great-Pa... Part 25 of the DoC series: more Albert the Great.
15 Feb 2013
In fact, I would go as far to say that the reason our Church is in such a state is that people have been doing so-called good works out of their own energies instead of out of the Holy Spirit, thus weakening or hampering the Church. If this call to perfection is for all people, and why not, states Garrigou-Lagrange, then what is ...... Part 23 DoC-More Albert the Great-the Holy Spirit ... Part 22 Doctors of the Church and Perfection-Alber... More from the Great Albert: Part 21 in ...
16 Feb 2013
Perfection and Albert continued in Part 27 of Doct... How cool and did you know spiders have a good side... And yet more on perfection and Albert the Great-Pa... Part 25 of the DoC series: more Albert the Great. ▻ Feb 15 (9).
15 Feb 2013
... More of the Great Albert-Part 24 DoC series and pe... Part 23 DoC-More Albert the Great-the Holy Spirit ... Part 22 Doctors of the Church and Perfection-Alber... More from the Great Albert: Part 21 in the Doctors... ▻ Feb 14 (9).
14 Feb 2013
Not even the desire for power or prestige or for Her own good, no it was because she was willing to sacrifice anything for the Beloved and she knew he would sacrifice everything for Her. She saw in that moment the enormity ...
16 Feb 2013
If you are travelling to Rome, this is good news. Last time I was in Walsingham, there was no ATM or Hole in ...... And yet more on perfection and Albert the Great-Pa... Part 25 of the DoC series: more Albert the Great. ▻ Feb 15 ...