Pope Benedict XVI
on St. Augustine:
1.
Augustine of Hippo
2.
St. Augustine Teaches Us to Trust Christ
3.
Providential Encounter
4.
St. Augustine Lives on Through His Work
5.
God Is the Answer to the Restlessness of Our Hearts
Our Patron: St. Augustine of Hippo, Doctor of Grace
Prayer of St. Augustine to the Holy Spirit:
Breathe in me O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may
all be holy; Act in me O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy; Draw
my heart O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is holy; Strengthen me O Holy
Spirit, to defend all that is holy; Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit, that I
always may be holy. Amen.
From www.catholic-forum.com
- Memorial
- 28 August
- Profile
- His father was a pagan who converted
on his death bed; his mother was Saint Monica, a devout Christian. Trained
in Christianity, he lost his faith in youth and led a wild life. Lived with
a Carthaginian woman from the age of 15 through 30. Fathered a son whom
he named Adeotadus, which means the gift of God. Taught rhetoric
at Carthage and Milan. After investigating and experimenting with several
philosophies, he became a Manichaean for several years; it taught of a great
struggle between good and evil, and featured a lax moral code. A summation
of his thinking at the time comes from his Confessions: "God, give
me chastity and continence - but not just now."
Augustine finally broke with the Manichaeans and was converted by the prayers
of his mother and the help of Saint Ambrose of Milan, who baptized him.
On the death of his mother he returned to Africa, sold his property, gave
the proceeds to the poor, and founded a monastery. Monk. Priest. Preacher.
Bishop of Hippo in 396. Founded religious communities. Fought Manichaeism,
Donatism, Pelagianism and other heresies. Oversaw his church and his see
during the fall of the Roman Empire to the Vandals. Doctor of the Church.
His later thinking can also be summed up in a line from his writings:
Our hearts were made for You, O Lord, and they are restless
until they rest in you.
- Born
- 13 November 354 at Tagaste,
Numidia, North Africa (Souk-Ahras, Algeria) as Aurelius Augustinus
- Died
- 28 August 430 at Hippo
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