St. Augustine ( 10 of 43 )
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739 Other sins find their vent in the read more
Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739 Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them.
Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387 What art Thou then, my God? What, but the read more
Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387 What art Thou then, my God? What, but the Lord God? For who is Lord but the Lord? or who is God save our God? Most highest, most good, most potent, most omnipotent; most merciful, yet most just; most hidden, yet most present; most beautiful, yet most strong; stable, yet incomprehensible; unchangeable, yet all changing; never new, never old; all-renewing, and bringing age upon the Proud, and they know it not; ever working, ever at rest; still gathering, yet nothing lacking; supporting, filling, and over-spreading; creating, nourishing, and maturing; seeking, yet having all things. (Continued tomorrow).
Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433 One can say: "I will, but my body does not obey read more
Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433 One can say: "I will, but my body does not obey me"; but not: "My will does not obey me".
Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in read more
Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430 Too late came I to love thee, O thou Beauty so read more
Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430 Too late came I to love thee, O thou Beauty so ancient and so fresh, yea too late came I to love thee. And behold, thou wert within me, and I out of myself, where I made search for thee: I ugly rushed headlong upon those beautiful things thou hast made. Thou indeed wert with me; but I was not with thee: these beauties kept me far enough from thee: even those, which unless they were in thee, should not be at all.
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200 We need not despair of any man, so long as read more
Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200 We need not despair of any man, so long as he lives. For God deemed it better to bring good out of evil than not to permit evil at all.
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art read more
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
