Our desire be exercised…
God wills that our desire should be exercised in prayer, that we may be able to receive what He is prepared to give.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
We count on God…
We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty for our future.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Fastened to the Cross…
All those who belong to Jesus Christ are fastened with Him to the cross.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Prayers and alms…
It cannot be doubted that the prayers of the Church, the Holy Sacrifice, and alms distributed for the departed relieve those holy souls and move God to treat them with more clemency than their sins deserve. It is the universal practice of the Church, a practice that she observes as having received it from… the holy Apostles.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
A true sacrifice…
A true sacrifice is anything that we do with the aim of being united to God in holy fellowship – anything that is directed towards that supreme good and end in which alone we can be truly blessed… as the Latin word indicates: “sacri-ficium,” “holy-doing” or “holy-making.” Man himself can be a sacrifice, if he is consecrated in the name of God, and vowed to God – a sacrifice in so far as he dies to the world in order to live to God.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
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