From a sermon by Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishop
The holy Apostle has told us that the human race takes its origin from two men, Adam and Christ; two men equal in body but unequal in merit, wholly alike…
From a letter to Proba by Saint Augustine, bishop
The person who asks for and seeks this one thing from the Lord makes his petition confidently and serenely. He has no fear that, when he receives it, it may…
From a letter to Proba by Saint Augustine, bishop
You may still want to ask why the Apostle said: We do not know what it is right to pray for, because, surely, we cannot believe that either he or…
From a letter to Proba by Saint Augustine, bishop
You will find everything in the Lord’s Prayer We read, for example: May you receive glory among all the nations as you have among us, and May your prophets prove…
From a letter to Proba by Saint Augustine, bishop
On the Lord’s Prayer We need to use words so that we may remind ourselves to consider carefully what we are asking, not so that we may think we can…
From a letter to Proba by Saint Augustine, bishop
Let us always desire the happy life from the Lord God and always pray for it. But for this very reason we turn our mind to the task of prayer…
From a letter to Proba by Saint Augustine, bishop
Why in our fear of not praying as we should, do we turn to so many things, to find what we should pray for? Why do we not say instead,…
From the pastoral constitution on the Church in the modern world of the Second Vatican Council
The Word of God, through whom all things were made, was himself made flesh so that as perfect man he might save all men and bring all things into unity….
From The City of God by Saint Augustine, bishop
Every work that effects our union with God in a holy fellowship is a true sacrifice; every work, that is, which is referred to that final end, that ultimate good,…