Maxioms by St. Augustine
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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.
Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603 read more
Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603 Having made man in His own image, a rational being, He meant him to be lord only over irrational beings: not man set over man, but man set over beasts. The first cause of servitude is sin, by which man is subjected to man by the bonds of his condition... But by that nature in which God formerly created man, nobody is slave either to man or to sin.
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
What is Christ's joy in us, but that He deigns to rejoice on our account? And what is our Joy, read more
What is Christ's joy in us, but that He deigns to rejoice on our account? And what is our Joy, which He says shall be full, but to have fellowship with Him? He had perfect joy on our account, when He rejoiced in foreknowing and predestinating us; but that joy was not in us, because we did not then exist; it began to be in us, when He called us. And this joy we rightly call our own, this joy wherewith we shall be blessed; which is begun in the faith of them who are born again, and shall be fulfilled in the reward of them who rise again.
