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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no-hope without-hope without-love
There is no love without hope, no hope without love, and neither love nor hope without faith.
heart desire satisfied
Desire only God, and your heart will be satisfied.
life song lips
Let us sing a new song, not with our lips, but with our lives.
catholic praying
To sing is to pray twice.
hope two despair
Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
faith believe catholic
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
running fire going-away
You never go away from us, yet we have difficulty in returning to You. Come, Lord, stir us up and call us back. Kindle and seize us. Be our fire and our sweetness. Let us love. Let us run.
beauty thinking catholic
Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
christian prayer procrastination
God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
faith religious
He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
path walking
Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking.
way beginners mature
The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.
love philosophical jealous
He that is jealous is not in love.
heart dark dwelling
O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.