by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Man can wound himself; but can he heal himself? He becomes sick when he wants, but he cannot rise when he desires. Enarrationes in psalmos 18, S 2,13
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
If you have made a big head for yourself, fear its weight lest it brings you to the precipice. Sermo 266,8
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
You were a sinful man. O earth, when you sinned you heard: You are dust and unto dust you shall return! Let truth be born from you and let justice look down from heaven. Confess your sins and truth shall sprout from you. Enarrationes in psalmos 84,14
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Our soul becomes ugly by sin; but by loving God she becomes beautiful. In Ioannis Evangelium Tractatus IX, 9
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
The rational creature, whether angel or man, is made in such a way that it is not the good that can make it happy, but that, being changeable, it becomes happy by turning to the Changeless Good and unhappy by turning away from Him. Turning away from Him is its vice,...
