The Backstory of ‘We Are an Easter People and Alleluia Is Our Song!’
Eastertide links Sts. John Paul II and Augustine.
Eastertide links Sts. John Paul II and Augustine.
SAINTS & ART: The feast of St. Augustine is Aug. 28.
The avoidance of sin, the attraction to God — such is the defining drama of the life of man
‘Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.’ (Romans 12:12)
COMMENTARY: The Church should learn from the late Pope and St. Augustine's lessons of continual conversion, humility and prayer.
The great Doctor of the Church called the Holy Innocents “infant martyr flowers,” because they were the first martyrs for the faith.
COMMENTARY: How we organize ourselves socially and politically is not a spiritual irrelevance for the Christian and the Gospel does indeed have deep political implications.
Church teaching on the morality of war is based on a theory expounded by St. Augustine in the 4th century known as just war theory.
St. Augustine’s City of God remains, to this day, an enormously important book — one whose impact may be felt in every age.
Pick up something written by St. Augustine and “take and read.” You will not be disappointed.
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