Maxioms by St. Augustine
The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection.
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection.
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.
Thou hast commanded, and so it is, that every inordinate affection should be its own punishment.
Thou hast commanded, and so it is, that every inordinate affection should be its own punishment.
