By John of St. Thomas | Introduction by Cajetan Cuddy, O.P.

God truly changes the human person, and through the gifts of the Holy Spirit he enables the Christian to receive his immediate, wise, and loving direction. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit remains a classic text of Thomistic theology and spirituality. Its author, John of St. Thomas, provides a marvelous example of how sound philosophy and theology bear significant implications for happy living. This book, like its topic, may intimidate the casual reader. However, any investment of time and energy given to its pages does not go unrewarded. 

Father Walter Farrell, O.P., said it well: “Here in this book, even the most unscholarly will get a glimpse, again and again, of the glory of God in the soul of man.”

The Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
(Gerard Manley Hopkins)

John of St. Thomas (1589–1644) is one of the greatest figures in the Thomist tradition. A master of philosophy, theology, and the spiritual life, he served as priest-confessor to the Spanish King Philip IV. Jacques Maritain regarded John of St. Thomas as one of the most significant thinkers in modern Western philosophy.

Cajetan Cuddy, O.P., is a Dominican priest of the Province of St. Joseph. He is currently completing doctoral studies at the Université de Fribourg in Switzerland.

Paperback: 430pp.

ISBN: 978-1944418229