by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
It happens that the wicked think about eternity, and rightly condemn many things, and also praise many other things in the customs of men. With what norms do they judge this but with those that they understand to be the manner of living, even though they themselves...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Here we are then with the mind remembering itself, understanding itself, loving itself; when we see this, we see trinity; not yet God, but only God’s image. De Trinitate XIV, 8,11
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
The soul that is united to God and yearns for him feels in his innermost part certain worldly worries and with the greed for earthly desires is poured outside, leaving the interior God, and withdraws from what is exterior into interior, and from inferior things to...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Those who possess wisdom are illumined by it. There are many among men who partake of wisdom and are called wise; and many others lack it, and are called foolish.Enarrationes in psalmos 103, S 4,2
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
With his own hand our Creator, who is the Truth Itself, had inscribed in our hearts: Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you. Even before the law was given, nobody was ignorant of this so that there might be some rule to follow to pass...
