Perche' Tommaso

“Con lungimirante saggezza, san Tommaso d’Aquino riuscì ad instaurare un confronto fruttuoso con il pensiero arabo ed ebraico del suo tempo, sì da essere considerato un maestro sempre attuale di dialogo con altre culture e religioni. Egli seppe presentare quella mirabile sintesi cristiana tra ragione e fede che per la civiltà occidentale rappresenta un patrimonio prezioso, a cui attingere anche oggi per dialogare efficacemente con le grandi tradizioni culturali e religiose dell’est e del sud del mondo”.

Angelus papale di domenica 28 gennaio

Ricerca e Scoperta della Verita'

in the "Message to Men of Thought and Science" we read: "Continue your search without tiring and without ever despairing of the truth", and this, in fact, is the great danger: losing interest in the truth and seeking only action, efficiency and pragmatism! "Recall the words of one of your great friends, St Augustine: "Let us seek with the desire to find, and find with the desire to seek still more'. Happy are those who, while possessing the truth, search more earnestly for it in order to renew it, deepen it and transmit it to others. Happy also are those who, not having found it, are working toward it with a sincere heart. May they seek the light of tomorrow with the light of today until they reach the fullness of light".
SOLEMNITY OF THE EPIPHANY
HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
Vatican BasilicaSaturday, 6 January 2007