Virtue, Vice, and Healing Grace | Fr. Albert Trudel, OP
The Thomistic Institute
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🗓️ 3 October 2019
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This retreat conference was given at the Fall 2019 Intellectual Retreat "Dante and Aquinas: The Theological Vision of the Divine Comedy" held at the Moody Center on 20-22 September 2019.
Presenters at this retreat were Fr. Gregory Pine, OP (Thomistic Institute), Dr. Robert Royal (Faith and Reason Institute), and Fr. Albert Trudel, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception).
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| 0:00.0 | I'd just like to appropriately start with reading from the gospel of St. Matthew. |
| 0:05.9 | Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him, |
| 0:11.2 | and he opened his mouth and taught them, saying, blessed are the poor in spirit, |
| 0:18.3 | for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. |
| 0:24.9 | Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. |
| 0:33.6 | Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be satisfied. |
| 0:38.3 | Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. |
| 0:43.3 | Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. |
| 0:48.3 | Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. |
| 0:53.3 | Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, |
| 0:58.0 | for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. |
| 1:01.0 | Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you |
| 1:04.0 | and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. |
| 1:09.0 | Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven. For so men persecuted |
| 1:16.4 | the prophets who were before you. These are things that we've heard throughout our Christian |
| 1:24.8 | life. These are the foundational statements in the Gospel of St. Matthew |
| 1:29.7 | for all of Jesus preaching. |
| 1:34.0 | Jesus is depicted like Moses going up the side of the mountain. |
| 1:39.9 | And if you've been to the Holy Land, you know that this is more like a hill rather than a |
| 1:44.1 | mountain. |
| 1:45.3 | But I think St. Matthew chooses his words carefully here because he desires to reveal Christ |
| 1:52.3 | as the new Moses. |
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