Lesson Five in Principles of the Moral Life, with Fr Gregory Pine, OP, BA, STL, Assistant Director for Campus Outreach at the Thomistic Institute.
“The pure of heart praise him from sunrise to sundown. Even when they feel broken, feeble, distracted, insecure and uncertain they are able to abide in his peace.” -St. Francis of Assisi St. Thomas builds out his concept of human nature as the passions are taken up into the full ambit of human striving. As we turn to the virtues, we will see how these passions are healed and elevated by reason and grace. Ultimately, we will come to find that they assume their full dignity and light of what is highest in man.
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