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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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.
love prayer light
In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
hands giving empty
God gives where he finds empty hands.
fire faithful may
That there should be some fire even after this life is not incredible, and it can be inquired into and either be discovered or left hidden whether some of the faithful may be saved, some more slowly and some more quickly in the greater or lesser degree in which they loved the good things that perish, through a certain purgatorial fire.
angel world this-world
Every visible thing in this world is put in the charge of an angel.
god evil good-god
If God is, why is there evil? But if God is not, why is there good?
sin christ adore
We do not sin when we adore Christ in the Eucharist; we do sin when we do not adore Christ in the Eucharist.