At Thomas Aquinas College Commencement . . . “Only The Childlike Attain True Wisdom And Learning”
By FR. PAUL SCALIA (Editor’s Note: Fr. Paul Scalia is the Episcopal Vicar for Clergy, Diocese of Arlington, Va. He gave the following homily at the May 13 Baccalaureate Mass for the Thomas Aquinas College Commencement. It is reprinted here with the kind permission of Fr. Scalia. All rights reserved.) + + + “I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.” My dear friends in Christ, at the risk of sounding a discordant note on a joyful occasion, allow me to say that there is something incongruous — perhaps even cruel — about this verse. At least for…Continue Reading