by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Nevertheless if men live wickedly, chaos attracts chaos, one’s darkness brings darkness to others , one’s fall leads to another’s fall; some torments influence another, from the ardor of the passion to the fire of eternal condemnation. Enarrationes...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
The trap of the enemy remained expanded and prepared; in it are error and terror; error in order to attract,terror to intimidate and capture. Close the door of greed against error and close the gate of fear against dread and you shall escape free from its trap....
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
When our passions are strong / healthy and we yield to them, they are called necessities(wants). Enarrationes in psalmos 30, S 1,14
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Temptations and bad thoughts disturb us daily; although we don’t concur they annoy us and there is a danger that he who confronts them may give in.; and if by our resistance we don’t yield we succeed yet it also gives us discomfort. The enemy does not stop...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
The way of the wicked attracts you because it is wide and many walk on it; you can see its width but you do not know where it leads you. Its purpose is destruction, its ending is infernal abyss; those who enjoy trodding on it will end up falling into it. But you...