Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine
Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine, Saint Austin, Blessed Augustine, and the Doctor of Grace, was an early Christian theologian and philosopher whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius, located in Numidia. He is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers in Western Christianity for his writings in the Patristic Era. Among his most important works are The City of God and Confessions...
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grants asks
God grants us not always what we ask so as to bestow something preferable.
tolle
Tolle, lege: take up and read.
children ambition work-out
Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point.
world this-world bubbles
This world's a bubble.
book angel doe
For, as it is written in the book of the Prophets: 'And the angel that spoke in me, said to me...' He does not say, 'Spoke to me' but 'Spoke in me'...
hands holy-eucharist body
Christ held Himself in His hands when He gave His Body to His disciples saying: 'This is My Body.' No one partakes of this Flesh before he has adored it.
sacrifice holy-eucharist way
Recognize in this bread what hung on the cross, and in this chalice what flowed from His side... whatever was in many and varied ways announced beforehand in the sacrifices of the Old Testament pertains to this one sacrifice which is revealed in the New Testament.
wise love-is justice
Temperance is love surrendering itself wholly to Him who is its object; courage is love bearing all things gladly for the sake of Him who is its object; justice is love serving only Him who is its object, and therefore rightly ruling; prudence is love making wise distinction between what hinders and what helps itself.
wisdom heart should
Where was my heart to flee for refuge from my heart? Whither was I to fly, where I would not follow? In what place should I not be prey to myself?
angel men order
Though in the order of nature angels rank above men, yet, by scale of justice, good men are of greater value than bad angels.
faith inspiration unity
O Sacrament of Love! O sign of Unity! O bond of Charity! He who would have Life finds here indeed a Life to live in and a Life to live by.
faith inspiration sorrow
When I am completely united to You, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of You, my life will be complete.
faith inspiration singing
Singing is a lover's thing.
unity church causes
There is nothing more serious than the sacrilege of schism because there is no just cause for severing the unity of the Church.