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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mistake lord divine
I did not find you outside, O Lord, because I made the mistake of seeking outside you who were within
night sight weakness
O eternal truth and true love and beloved eternity! You are my God; to you I sigh by day and by night. And when I first knew you, you raised me up so that I could see that there was something to see and that I still lacked the ability to see it. And you beat back the weakness of my sight, blazing upon me with your rays, and I trembled in love and in dread...
sleep house greed
You have found that you were more secure before you accumulated so much. See what greed has imposed on you: You have filled your house and now you fear burglars. You have hoarded money and lost sleep. See what greed has commanded you: "Do this!" And you did it.
two giving catholic
Two works of mercy set a person free: Forgive and you will be forgiven, and give and you will receive.
reflection silence looks
Let us leave a little room for reflection in our lives, room too for silence. Let us look within ourselves and see whether there is some delightful hidden place inside where we can be free of noise and argument. Let us hear the Word of God in stillness and perhaps we will then come to understand it.
Before God can deliver us we must undeceive ourselves.
men wind sail
God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
order people saving
For God loves saving, not condemning, and therefore He is patient with bad people, in order to make good people out of bad people.
giving firsts able
Fill yourselves first and then only will you be able to give to others.
god-love
Love God, and do what you like.
stars moon thinking
Just think of the illimitable abundance and the marvelous loveliness of light, or of the beauty of the sun and moon and stars.
vices ladders ifs
We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.
freedom recovery catholic
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
praise duty ought
In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.