“Like 99.9% of the world’s population, I don’t enjoy getting sick. The constant runny nose, soreness of the entire body, continuous coughing, and that neat ‘head stuck in a fishbowl’ feeling are just some of the lovely effects of even the most common of common colds. I don’t even like thinking about being sick, but with the cold season upon us, I find myself doing just that – then popping another zinc tablet.
“When I’m feeling ill – as if this might ward off future colds – I usually make a resolution. Maybe you do the same. Mine goes something like this: ‘Lord, once I get well I will always remember to thank you for not being sick.’ Of course, like too many resolutions, I never seem to keep it once I’m in the clear. It usually takes another cold to jog my memory.
“This got me thinking: was this even a reasonable resolution to make? Was it just an empty pious practice? What would St. Thomas make of all this? . . .”
In a recent commentary, Brother Bonaventure Chapman, O.P., reflected on the theology of Saint Thomas Aquinas and illness.
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