Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel
The Name
All of St. Thomas Aquinas' work-all of his natural philosophy
and theology-aims ultimately at understanding and revering
the God-head, Three-in-One. Thus, the doctrine of the Trinity
is one of the last things a student studies at Thomas Aquinas
College.
Pope John Paul II reminds us in his encyclical Fides et Ratio
that "The Church has been justified in consistently proposing
St. Thomas as a master of thought and a model of the right
way to do theology." His Holiness concludes that encyclical
by invoking the life and example of the Blessed Virgin as
a "true parable," illuminating the relation between
faith and reason. "For between the vocation of the Blessed
Virgin and the vocation of true philosophy there is a deep
harmony."
It is therefore particularly fitting that the Chapel of Thomas
Aquinas College be both Trinitarian and Marian.
To honor Mary with the name "Our Lady of the Most Holy
Trinity" is to honor her as the perfect daughter, spouse,
and mother. A religious congregation founded under this title
(the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity) explains
it succinctly: She is the perfect daughter of the Father through
the redemptive Incarnation and passion of the Son; she is
the spouse of the Holy Spirit through the will of the Father
and continues to be the most perfect of all mystical spouses;
she is the most perfect mother of the Word through the will
of the Father and the work of the Holy Spirit. Moreover, she
is the most perfect creation of the Father through the Son.
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