Maxioms by Saint Augustine
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the read more
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, read more
Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, and pass themselves by.
I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do read more
I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so
Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow read more
Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience.