by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
When you get chained(imprisoned) you did not notice it, you planned the escape and you realized you are not free, you wanted to escape and you discovered you are becoming destitute. Sermo 26,9
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
For where does the sinner flee? Wherever he flees he always carries with him his ownself, A bad conscience cannot flee from itself there is no place to go, he cannot dissociate himself because sin committed is always within the person. In Ioannis Evangelium Tractatus...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
It is better to wage war with hope of eternal peace than servitude without hope of liberation. De Civitate Dei XXI, 15
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
We are tempted by the attractions of temporal things and we struggle daily the offer of illicit pleasures. Even in prayer we seldom rest from these struggles and we feel enslaved. Enarrationes in psalmos 136,7
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
You are my help and rescuer, I need help, free me from the labyrinth of falsehood; many undertakings entangle me, here and there hedges hurt me; we walk in a wide road perhaps even remain trapped and we say : You are my rescuer. Enarrationes in psalmos 69,7
