Thomistic theology is rarely associated with liturgical prayer. So, in this episode, Urban Hannon turns the conversation toward St Thomas Aquinas’ mystagogy of the Mass—that is, his theological teaching on the meaning and purpose of its various rites.



The handout mentioned in the episode may be found here.



Bibliography




* St Thomas Aquinas, In IV Sent., d. 8, ex.



* In IV Sent., d. 12, ex.



* ST IIIa, Q. 83, a. 4.



* ST IIIa, Q. 83, a. 5.




Header Image: Detail from ‘Mass of the 5 wounds of Our Lord,’ in the Da Costa Hours, Morgan Library MS M.399 (fol. 36v), c. 1515. Image courtesy of Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz/Austria.



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