by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
He who doesn’t want to admit his sins, abandons or forgets them, yet for the sins of others he easily divulges them; not for concern but out of envy; not to heal but to accuse them, yet exempting himself.Enarrationes in psalmos 100,3
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
The human being is profoundly mysterious, tremendously vain and profusely prosperous. Confessiones XIII, 20,28
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Your vices are the serpents; killing the venom of injustice, and will heighten your desire for the fountain of truth. Enarrationes in psalmos 41,3
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
The first temptation is mistake and hunger for the word, the second is the struggle of overcoming the inordinate passions (desire); third is fatigue and weariness (lassitude), fourth the attacks and difficulties in governing the church; in all of these there is...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
It is said that when man submits himself to his passion (affection) he can be guilty because he concedes and is aware of them. Thus he is overpowered, enslaved, humiliated and possessed… Contra Iulianum haeresis Pelagianae V, 12
