by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
In the material world, a foot is one thing, a ladder is another and wings still another. In the interior world, however, feet, ladders, and wings are the affections of a good will, with them, we walk, we climb, and we fly.Enarrationes in psalmos 38, 2.
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Truly, if you want what it is that constitutes a people, ask them what they love” De Civitate Dei 19, 24.
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Every man follows what he loves. In Ioannis Evangelium Tractatus 7,1.
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
You should cultivate your affective life. Those who lack this dimension are reprehensible. It was said with genuine affection: ‘Who is weak that I am not affected by it?’Enarrationes in psalmos 55, 6.
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
When it is said of us that we have in our hearts the persons about we are thinking, it means that a kind of image of them is impressed upon our souls. Enarrationes in psalmos 139, 15.