
MEMORIAL OF SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS, PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH || Daily TV Mass, 28th Jan, 2025
Our Lady of Africa Mbuya Parish Catholic Mass Today - Reading I: Hebrews 10:1-10 - Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 40:2, 4ab, 7-8a, 10, 11 - Gospel: Mark 3:31-35 - Given Saint Thomas Aquinas’ impact on the development of Church doctrine and our understanding of the faith, he is regarded as the greatest intellectual in Church history. He is a Doctor of the Church and holds the titles Angelic Doctor, Common Doctor, and Universal Doctor. Thomas was born in a grand castle in central Italy near the town of Aquino. He began his studies at the age of five at the famous Benedictine Monastery, Monte Cassino, where his uncle was abbot. At age fourteen, he moved to the University of Naples where he came into contact with members of the Dominican order.