Enter then into your heart, and if you have faith, you will find Christ there. There He speaks to you. I the preacher, must raise my voice, but He instructs you more effectively in the silence. I speak in sounding words; He speaks within.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Do not grieve or complain that you were born in a time when you can no longer see God in the flesh. He did not in fact take this privilege from you. As he says, ‘Whatever you have done to the least of my brothers, you did to me.’
–Saint Augustine (354–430)
The bread that you see on the altar is the Body of Christ as soon as it is sanctified by God’s word. The chalice, or better what is contained in the chalice, is the Blood of Christ as soon as it is sanctified by God’s word.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Our pilgrimage on earth cannot be exempt from trial. We progress by means of trial. No one knows himself except through trial, or receives a crown except after victory, or strives except against an enemy or temptations. The one who cries from the ends of the earth is in anguish, but is not left on his own… We have heard in the gospel how the Lord Jesus Christ was tempted by the devil in the wilderness.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
In the Mass the Blood of Christ flows anew for sinners.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
