St. Thomas Aquinas, the Pro-Life Saint

Jeffrey S. Arrowood, MTS — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:04:13 +0000

Of course, all saints would be pro-life. But there are some saints that are perhaps more difficult to picture as pro-life “activists.” Saint Thomas Aquinas is known for his systematic presentation of Catholic theology (including moral theology), and for his important union of theology and Aristotelian philosophy. He sometimes seems too intellectual to fit into the typical pro-life caricature. In fact, recent politicians such as Speaker of the House, Nanci Pelosi, have used Aquinas’ estimation that an unborn baby becomes “ensouled” 4 months after conception to indicate that he may have accepted abortion in certain situations.

These people would be wrong. The very opposite can be proven from Aquinas’ own thought processes. However, additional proof comes in a more mystical and very surprising way.

Catholic News Agency reported on the conversion of an abortionist in Serbia:

The Spanish daily “La Razon” has published an article on the pro-life conversion of a former “champion of abortion.” Stojan Adasevic, who performed 48,000 abortions, sometimes up to 35 per day, is now the most important pro-life leader in Serbia, after spending 26 years as the most renowned abortion doctor in the country.

“The medical textbooks of the Communist regime said abortion was simply the removal of a blob of tissue,” the newspaper reported. “Ultrasounds allowing the fetus to be seen did not arrive until the 80s, but they did not change his opinion. Nevertheless, he began to have nightmares.”

In describing his conversion, Adasevic said he “dreamed about a beautiful field full of children and young people who were playing and laughing, from 4 to 24 years of age, but who ran away from him in fear. A man dressed in a black and white habit stared at him in silence. The dream was repeated each night and he would wake up in a cold sweat. One night he asked the man in black and white who he was. ‘My name is Thomas Aquinas,’ the man in his dream responded. Adasevic, educated in communist schools, had never heard of the Dominican genius saint. He didn’t recognize the name.”

“Why don’t you ask me who these children are?” St. Thomas asked Adasevic in his dream.

“They are the ones you killed with your abortions,” the Dominican saint told him.

“Adasevic awoke in amazement and decided not to perform any more abortions,” the article stated.

Saint Thomas Aquinas in a mystical vision that results in the conversion of a major abortionist? Can there be any doubt that God is behind us?

Saint Thomas, please pray for us.

Guide to Saint Thomas Aquinas by Josef Pieper.

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