"The mansions of hell, no less than the mansions of heaven, are not makeshift shacks thrown up after the darkness of death has come down upon life. Both are built slowly, carefully, stone by stone, through all the abundant moments that measure the length of a man's life. A man does not achieve hell by a last minute quirk of divine judgment, but when he embraces sin; a man does not win heaven when God embraces Him eternally but when he embraces God despite the alluring promises of all that is contrary to God. Heaven or hell, in other words, never comes as a shock; it is the harvest that was planted so long ago, watched, cultivated, defended and now reaped in all its fullness. It is the house at the end of the road that could lead nowhere else. In the case of heaven, it is home; and all along the road there were signs marking the path, help proferred to pilgrims, and directions to be had for the asking. Arriving there, man has come home to the God Who made him." From Walter Farrell, OP., "Companion to the Summa", Chapter XX -- Eternal Beginnings.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Father Walter Farrell OP., STD., STM., was a prominent moral theologian of the Dominican Central Province, instrumental in developing theology for the laity. He combined the life of an active preacher with that of doing both speculative and popular theology.
He helped to launch "The Thomist", a quarterly specultive review, in April 1939, and contributed to it and to other leading Catholic journals. He is especially known for his "Companion to the Summa", a four volume masterpiece, published between 1938 and 1942.
The "Companion to the Summa" is the most remarkable and successful attempt to put into modern English for a lay audience the essential arguments and insights of Aquinas' greatest work, the "Summa Theologiae". Fr. Farrell wrote this masterpiece between in the late 1930's and early 1940's, so we cannot fault him for the use of language that was acceptable at that time but might sound inappropriate today. His colorful and imaginative paraphrase deserves to be taken off the shelf and reviewed by all serious seekers of theological truth.
Before undertaking these efforts, Farrell developed his literary talents as editor of the "Dominicana" during his time as a student brother at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. He later joined the Province of St. Albert the Great after its foundation in 1939.
Father Farrell passed away at River Forest, Illinois, on November 23, 1951, at the early age of 49. His funeral Mass at St. Pius V Church in Chicago, saw the participation among others of Cardinal Samuel Stritch, Archbishop Leo Binz, Bishop William Edward Cousins and over 200 Dominican friars. His remains are found buried at All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, next to the graves of Humbert Kane OP., Raymond Jude Nogar OP., and James A. Weisheipl OP.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Father Walter Farrell OP., STD., STM., was a prominent moral theologian of the Dominican Central Province, instrumental in developing theology for the laity. He combined the life of an active preacher with that of doing both speculative and popular theology.
He helped to launch "The Thomist", a quarterly specultive review, in April 1939, and contributed to it and to other leading Catholic journals. He is especially known for his "Companion to the Summa", a four volume masterpiece, published between 1938 and 1942.
The "Companion to the Summa" is the most remarkable and successful attempt to put into modern English for a lay audience the essential arguments and insights of Aquinas' greatest work, the "Summa Theologiae". Fr. Farrell wrote this masterpiece between in the late 1930's and early 1940's, so we cannot fault him for the use of language that was acceptable at that time but might sound inappropriate today. His colorful and imaginative paraphrase deserves to be taken off the shelf and reviewed by all serious seekers of theological truth.
Before undertaking these efforts, Farrell developed his literary talents as editor of the "Dominicana" during his time as a student brother at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. He later joined the Province of St. Albert the Great after its foundation in 1939.
Father Farrell passed away at River Forest, Illinois, on November 23, 1951, at the early age of 49. His funeral Mass at St. Pius V Church in Chicago, saw the participation among others of Cardinal Samuel Stritch, Archbishop Leo Binz, Bishop William Edward Cousins and over 200 Dominican friars. His remains are found buried at All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, next to the graves of Humbert Kane OP., Raymond Jude Nogar OP., and James A. Weisheipl OP.
"The mansions of hell, no less than the mansions of heaven, are not makeshift shacks thrown up after the darkness of death has come down upon life. Both are built slowly, carefully, stone by stone, through all the abundant moments that measure the length of a man's life. A man does not achieve hell by a last minute quirk of divine judgment, but when he embraces sin; a man does not win heaven when God embraces Him eternally but when he embraces God despite the alluring promises of all that is contrary to God. Heaven or hell, in other words, never comes as a shock; it is the harvest that was planted so long ago, watched, cultivated, defended and now reaped in all its fullness. It is the house at the end of the road that could lead nowhere else. In the case of heaven, it is home; and all along the road there were signs marking the path, help proferred to pilgrims, and directions to be had for the asking. Arriving there, man has come home to the God Who made him." From Walter Farrell, OP., "Companion to the Summa", Chapter XX -- Eternal Beginnings.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Father Walter Farrell OP., STD., STM., was a prominent moral theologian of the Dominican Central Province, instrumental in developing theology for the laity. He combined the life of an active preacher with that of doing both speculative and popular theology.
He helped to launch "The Thomist", a quarterly specultive review, in April 1939, and contributed to it and to other leading Catholic journals. He is especially known for his "Companion to the Summa", a four volume masterpiece, published between 1938 and 1942.
The "Companion to the Summa" is the most remarkable and successful attempt to put into modern English for a lay audience the essential arguments and insights of Aquinas' greatest work, the "Summa Theologiae". Fr. Farrell wrote this masterpiece between in the late 1930's and early 1940's, so we cannot fault him for the use of language that was acceptable at that time but might sound inappropriate today. His colorful and imaginative paraphrase deserves to be taken off the shelf and reviewed by all serious seekers of theological truth.
Before undertaking these efforts, Farrell developed his literary talents as editor of the "Dominicana" during his time as a student brother at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. He later joined the Province of St. Albert the Great after its foundation in 1939.
Father Farrell passed away at River Forest, Illinois, on November 23, 1951, at the early age of 49. His funeral Mass at St. Pius V Church in Chicago, saw the participation among others of Cardinal Samuel Stritch, Archbishop Leo Binz, Bishop William Edward Cousins and over 200 Dominican friars. His remains are found buried at All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, next to the graves of Humbert Kane OP., Raymond Jude Nogar OP., and James A. Weisheipl OP.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Father Walter Farrell OP., STD., STM., was a prominent moral theologian of the Dominican Central Province, instrumental in developing theology for the laity. He combined the life of an active preacher with that of doing both speculative and popular theology.
He helped to launch "The Thomist", a quarterly specultive review, in April 1939, and contributed to it and to other leading Catholic journals. He is especially known for his "Companion to the Summa", a four volume masterpiece, published between 1938 and 1942.
The "Companion to the Summa" is the most remarkable and successful attempt to put into modern English for a lay audience the essential arguments and insights of Aquinas' greatest work, the "Summa Theologiae". Fr. Farrell wrote this masterpiece between in the late 1930's and early 1940's, so we cannot fault him for the use of language that was acceptable at that time but might sound inappropriate today. His colorful and imaginative paraphrase deserves to be taken off the shelf and reviewed by all serious seekers of theological truth.
Before undertaking these efforts, Farrell developed his literary talents as editor of the "Dominicana" during his time as a student brother at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. He later joined the Province of St. Albert the Great after its foundation in 1939.
Father Farrell passed away at River Forest, Illinois, on November 23, 1951, at the early age of 49. His funeral Mass at St. Pius V Church in Chicago, saw the participation among others of Cardinal Samuel Stritch, Archbishop Leo Binz, Bishop William Edward Cousins and over 200 Dominican friars. His remains are found buried at All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, next to the graves of Humbert Kane OP., Raymond Jude Nogar OP., and James A. Weisheipl OP.
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