Augustine For Today

JUNE 17 – SAINT ADOLF
“Understand that no one is telling you, ‘Be less than you are,’ but ‘know what you are.’ Know that you are human. Know that you are a sinner. Know that it is God who frees you from blame.”
            Sermon 137, 4 

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JUNE 16 – SAINT AURELIANO
“Let us leave a little room for reflection, room too for silence. Enter into yourself and leave behind all noise and confusion. Look within yourself.”
            Sermon 52, 22

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JUNE 15 – SAINT VITO
“I speak not as a master but as a minister, not to pupils but to fellow pupils since I speak not to servants but to fellow servants. We all have one Master, whose school is on earth and whose seat is in heaven.”
Sermon 242, 1

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JUNE 14 – SAINT ELISEO
“Do you wish to be great? Then begin from what is slightest. Do you plan to construct a high and mighty building? Then think first about the foundation of humility.”
Sermon 69, 2

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JUNE 13 – SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA
“Bad times! Troublesome times! This is what people are saying. Let our lives be good and the times will be good. For we make our own times. Such as we are, such are the times.”
Sermon 30, 8

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JUNE 12 – SAINT JOHN OF SAHAGUN, O.S.A.
“Maybe we cannot convert masses of people to a good life. But let the few who do hear live well. Let the few who live well endure the many who live badly.”
Sermon 30, 8

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JUNE 11 – SAINT BARNABAS
“Extend your love over the whole earth if you desire to love Christ, for Christ’s members are all over the earth. If you love but a part, you are divided.”
Sermon on 1 John 10, 7

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JUNE 9 – SAINT EPHREM

“Do you know who the upright of heart are? They are those who wish what God
wishes. Therefore, do not try to twist God’s will to your own, but correct
your will to that of God.”

On Psalm 93, 18

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JUNE 8 – SAINT METARDO
“The labor of those who love is in no way burdensome; in fact, it even gives pleasure. What matters is what is loved. When we do what we love, either we do not notice the work or the work itself is loved.” On Holy Widowhood, 21, 26
The Trinity 15, 51