Doctor of grace

2 Thessalonians 2:1-17; Ps 96 The Lord comes to judge the earth; Mt 23:23-26

Today is the feast of St Augustine.  He lived mostly in the 4th and 5th century.  HE was raised by a devout mother and given a christian education, only to give in to the excess of his age and time.

Given over to his passion his moral life degenerated.

His mother prayed and wept for him continuously. When going to a bishop to seek consolation over her sons, the bishop responded to Augustine mother in these words, "a son of so many tears would never be lost."

In his conversion he became a great leader of the soul and bishop in the church.  He is considered the doctor of grace.

Here are few of his insights:

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

It is pride that changed angels into devils. It is humility that makes men into angels.

God had one son on earth without sin; never one without suffering. 

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Love is the beauty of the soul.

Look upon the altar, see what you and receive what you shall become.