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He was created of a mother whom He created. He was carried by hands that He formed. He cried in the manger in wordless infancy. He, the Word, without whom all human eloquence is mute.

He was created of a mother whom He created. He was carried by hands that He formed. He cried in the manger in wordless infancy. He, the Word, without whom all human eloquence is mute.

Saint Augustine
Christmas, Mother, Hands

The mind commands the body, and it obeys forthwith; the mind commands itself, and is resisted. The mind commands the hand to be moved, and such readiness is there that the command is scarce to be distinguished from the obedience. Yet the mind is mind, and the hand is body. The mind commands the mind to will, and yet, though it be itself, it obeyeth not. Whence this monstrous thing? and why is it?

Saint Augustine
Mind, Mental Illness, Command
"The Confessions of St. Augustine".

To touch God a little with our mind is a great blessing, to grasp him is impossible.

Saint Augustine
God, Blessing, Mind

That one woman is both mother and virgin, not in spirit only but even in body. In spirit she is mother, not of our head, who is our Savior himself-of whom all, even she herself, are rightly called children of the bridegroom-but plainly she is the mother of us who are his members, because by love she has cooperated so that the faithful, who are the members of that head, might be born in the Church. In body, indeed, she is the Mother of that very head.

Saint Augustine
Mother, Religious, Children

I will plant my feet on that step where my parents put me as a child, until self-evident truth comes to light.

Saint Augustine
Children, Light, Self
Saint Augustine (1997). “The Confessions”, p.151

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden.

Saint Augustine
Jesus, Headstone, Heavy
Saint Augustine of Hippo, Aeterna Press (1873). “On the Trinity”, p.370, Aeterna Press

For what is faith unless it is to believe what you do not see?

Saint Augustine
Inspirational, Faith, Religious

We take for granted the slow miracle whereby water in the irrigation of a vineyard becomes wine. It is only when Christ turns water into wine, in a quick motion, as it were, that we stand amazed.

Saint Augustine
Faith, Wine, Water

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

Saint Augustine
Happiness, Happy, Determination

I believe in order to understand

Saint Augustine
Believe, Order, Human Nature
"A History of Civilizations" by Fernand Braudel, Penguin Books, (p. 335), 1995.

It will not be held against you that you are ignorant against your will, but that you neglect to seek out what it is that makes you ignorant; not that you cannot bring together your wounded limbs, but that you reject Him that would heal them.

Saint Augustine
Ignorant, Together, Neglect

I am convinced that in all history there has never been a greater need to Pray for our Pastors than exists right now! Pastors are experiencing an unprecedented wave of attacks, stresses, challenges. obstacles. pressures.

Saint Augustine
Stress, Challenges, Needs

For great are you, Lord, and you look kindly on what is humble, but the lofty-minded you regard from afar. Only to those whose hearts are crushed do you draw close. You will not let yourself be found by the proud, nor even by those who in their inquisitive skill count stars or grains of sand, or measure the expanses of heaven, or trace the paths of the planets.

Saint Augustine
Stars, Heart, Humble
Saint Augustine (1997). “The Confessions”, p.115

The one who sings, prays twice.

Saint Augustine
Voice, Singing, Praying

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.

Saint Augustine
Praise, Duty, Ought
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations", pp. 207-208, 1922.

God grants us not always what we ask so as to bestow something preferable.

Saint Augustine
Grants, Asks

Except he be willing, man cannot believe.

Saint Augustine
Believe, Men, Willing

Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient and ever new! Late have I loved you! And, behold, you were within me, and I out of myself, and there I searched for you.

Saint Augustine
Life, Beauty, Ancient
"Theology and Discovery: Essays in honor of Karl Rahner, S.J." edited by William J. Kelly, 1980.

The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.

Saint Augustine
Humility, Merit, Sufficiency

The peace of the celestial city is the perfectly ordered and harmonious enjoyment of God, and of one another in God. (City of God, Book 19)

Saint Augustine
Book, Cities, Saint

O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.

Saint Augustine
Funny, Witty, Humorous
"In Summer’s Heat, Washington Seeks Refuge in the Loophole" by Michael Winship, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 29, 2010.

You are what you love.

Saint Augustine
What You Love

For why, my brothers and sisters, would you rejoice in silver? Either your silver will perish, or you will, and no one knows which will perish first. For neither can you remain here always, nor can silver remain here always; so also with gold, wardrobes, houses, money, real estate-and in the end, even the light by which we enjoy all these things. So do not be willing then to rejoice in such things as these. Rejoice instead in the light that has no setting; rejoice in the dawn which no yesterday precedes, and no tomorrow follows.

Saint Augustine
Brother, Real, Light

Man has been naturally so created that it is advantageous for him to be submissive, but disastrous for him to follow his own will, and not the will of his creator.

Saint Augustine
Men, Scary, Submissive

Free curiosity is of more value in learning than harsh discipline.

Saint Augustine
Discipline, Curiosity, Harsh
"Confessions".

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