On the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, reflects on a decisive moment in his own vocation and on the gift the Church receives through reason rightly ordered to faith. Saint Thomas shows us that clarity about God’s will is not opposed to intellect but illuminated by it. As the Catechism teaches, “God can be known with certainty from created reality by the light of human reason” (“Catechism of the Catholic Church” 31).

Father Anthony uses this passage to discuss the importance of charity—both in giving and receiving—reminding us that Christ calls us to care for those in need while also humbly accepting help when we are in need ourselves.