Meditation on the Holy Spirit and the Stigmata
"A Meditation on the Holy Spirit and the Stigmata" by Br. Thomas Piolata, OFM Cap., kickstarted the Franciscan Zoom Lecture Series - Fall 2024 Semester, hosted by the Franciscan School of Theology at the University of San Diego.
St. Bonaventure describes the stigmata of St. Francis in terms that implicitly or explicitly refer to the work of the Holy Spirit. For example, the Holy Spirit is the “finger of God” that impresses the wounds of the Crucified on the Saint. Accordingly, Bonaventure not only deepens the theology of this mystical event in a Christological fashion, but also in terms of the Spirit. This talk explores the pneumatology of the stigmata, and ultimately underscores the role of the Holy Spirit in the life of faith.
Br. Thomas Piolata, OFM Cap.
Doctoral Candidate
Br. Thomas Piolata, OFM Cap., is pursuing a cotutelle doctorate in theology at Durham University (UK) and the Pontifical Antonianum University (Rome). He is also a doctoral fellow of the Collegium Sancti Bonaventurae in Rome. Interested in the Franciscan intellectual tradition, Br. Thomas' dissertation is on the finality of the Holy Spirit in St. Bonaventure's theology.