Fr. Yamil A. Samalot Rivera, OP is from Isabela, on the northwest coast of Puerto Rico. He teaches Dogmatic Theology but has also been blessed return to teaching in his original field of study and research: Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, as well as, the relationship between Theology and Postmodern Culture. Currently he is Assistant Professor of Theology and Humanities at the University of the Sacred Heart (est. 1880).
For the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas,Fr. Yamil Samalot Rivera, OP challenges us to navigate the storms of ideas we face in the modern world with the faith and steadfastness of Aquinas.
Fr. Yamil Samalot Rivera, OP asks each of us to think about what it would take so that we could say, along with Simeon, that we could die in peace because our mission in the world was accomplished?
Fr. Yamil Samalot Rivera, OP, on the Feast of the Holy Innocents, reminds us that all of our lives need to be dedicated entirely to the good of humanity.
Fr. Yamil Samalot Rivera, OP reminds us that Jesus is coming back for each of us at our own timeline, so we should be ready to meet him by constantly living a life of sanctity.