by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
It is a just condemnation of your justice to bear with this mortal flesh, tiresome, sinful, full of vexations and scandals, enslaved by greed; because you said to the sinner: You shall die; and You shall eat your bread by the sweat of your brow. Enarrationes in...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
They wanted to seize divinity, and they lost happiness. (Adam & Eve). Enarrationes in psalmos 68, S 1,9
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Because he sought plunder, he found ruin. Sermo 169,2
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Examine why he fell: he fell because of pride. All his movements proceed from pride; to fall, the impulse comes from pride. To walk, to progress, to ascend charity helps. To fall pride pushes. Enarrationes in psalmos 120,5
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Those who love the things you make instead of yourself are like men who listen to the eloquence of a wise man. In their overeagerness to hear his beautiful voice and the skillful cadence of his words, they neglect the primary importance of his thoughts for which the...
