Praying With Augustine

Will — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:16:58 +0000

Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new,
late have I loved you!
You were within me, but I was outside,
and it was there that I searched for you.
In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created.
You were with me, but I was not with you.
Created things kept me from you;
yet if they had not been in you they would have not been at all.
You called, you shouted, and you broke through my deafness.
You flashed, you shone, and you dispelled my blindness.
You breathed your fragrance on me;
I drew in breath and now I pant for you.
I have tasted you,
now I hunger and thirst for more.
You touched me,
and I burned for your peace.

- from Confessions, Book 10, Chapter 27, as translated at www.feastofsaints.com

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God Loves Us

Will — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:36:04 +0000

“God loves each of us as if there was only one of us to love. – Augustine of Hippo

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Praying With Augustine

God Loves Us