Today is the feast of St.Augustine. As we read in the second reading for this Sunday, in light of Christ, we have "approached mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and countless angels in festal gathering, and the assembly of the firstborn enrolled in heaven, and God the judge of all, and the spirits of the just made perfect, and JEsus, the mediator of a new covenant, and the sprinkled blood that speaks more eloquently than that of Abel."
In Christ we approach a festival of mercy, a festival of grace, a community that welcomes us. Thus, as the church has pronounced, St. Augustine as a member of that cloud of witness, of the just being made perfect, we look to him for guidance.
Below is an article on Pope Benedict's words on St. Augstine and why he is important for our age: click here
Words from the Doctor himself
"you are great, Lord, and highly to be praised: great is your power and your wisdom is immeasurable. Man, a little piece of your creation, desires to praise you, a human being 'bearing his mortality with him', carrying with him the witness of his sin and the witness that you 'resist the proud'. Nevertheless, to praise you is the desire of man, a little piece of your creation. You stir man to take pleasure in praising you, because you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until it rest in you." Opening lines of his Confession
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