Thomas Dubay

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Biography

Father Thomas Dubay, S.M., was a well-known retreat master and expert in the spiritual life. A Marist Priest, Father took a Ph.D. from Catholic University of America and taught at major seminary level for about fifteen years. He spent the last three decades giving retreats and writing books (over twenty at last count) on various aspects of the spiritual life. He is an expert on the teachings and writings of the two mystical doctors of the Church, John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila.

  • Nationality
  • United States
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 30 December 1921
  • Place of birth
  • Minneapolis
  • Death date
  • 2010-09-26
  • Death age
  • 89
  • Place of death
  • Silver Spring· Maryland
  • Education
  • Catholic University of America

Books

Quotes

The humble person is open to being corrected, whereas the arrogant is clearly closed to it. Proud people are supremely confident in their own opinions and insights. No one can admonish them successfully: not a peer, not a local superior, not even the pope himself. They know - and that is the end of the matter. Filled as they are with their own views, the arrogant lack the capacity to see another view.

The humble listen to their brothers and sisters because they assume they have something to learn. They are open to correction, and they become wiser through it.

A man in trouble laments that he did not listen to his teachers, and thus he finds himself in a sad state, utter ruin. A candid admission of a blunder is refreshing and not often heard in human affairs. It is the saint alone who is large-minded enough to think and speak in this way. This is part of his authenticity. The person who is swift to hear and slow to respond is a stranger to an all-knowing illuminism. He believes that others, too, have some truth, and he is willing to be instructed by them. He is ready for the mind of God. .

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