by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
My soul is freed like a bird from the snare of the hunter. Why like a bird? Because it fell heedlessly like one; thus it could say: the Lord will forgive me, A traitor one, take refuge on the rock not on its branch because they might catch you maltreat and kill you....
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
We know this captivity/slavery if we know our pilgrimage. Because we groan somehow in bondage in this world with its trials and full of scandals; but we will be freed from these because of the future new city founded in justice.Enarrationes in psalmos 147,5
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Thus did my two wills , the one old, the other new, the first carnal, and the second spiritual, contend with one another, and by their conflict they tore my soul apart. Confessiones VIII, 5,10
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
We recover the strength of charity which was lost by greed because selfishness makes us lazy in our work depriving us with that freedom from the Holy Spirit. Enarrationes in psalmos 138,13
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
As a matter of fact, what I mention refers to the soul with four stages or phases. The first is that which gives delight to the heart, second it involves consent, third is work and the fourth is the usual custom or practice.Sermo 98,6
