FEAST OF ST. AGUSTINE OF
HIPPO
Psalm
22, verse 24:
24 You who fear
the LORD, give praise! All descendants of Jacob, give honor; show reverence,
all descendants of Israel!
This
verse was fulfilled on Palm Sunday, which we reflect on Christ’s triumphant
entrance into Jerusalem. Let us honor and praise our Lord Jesus Christ everyday
as we rise by saying Shema Yisrael which is the same prayer the Christ most
likely prayed every morning Himself and is still prayed by pious Jews today.
Hear,
O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall love the Lord your
God with all your Heart, and with all your soul, and with your entire mind, and
with all your strength.
My
question is how does, one Love the Lord with all their heart, soul, mind and
strength.
Perhaps
to understand this better we should ask ourselves:
1.
What
are the desires of our heart?
2.
Whose
flag are we following?
3.
What
consumes our mind?
4.
How
do we use our gifts?
God
created us to be a priestly people and the world was designed to be our temple.
We will never find true happiness except through God because He hardwired us
for the priesthood. We are called to make an offering of our life; our dreams
& desires, our total loyalty to Him and His church, our thoughts and the
gifts of mind and body He has given us.
Feast of St. Augustine of Hippo[1]
St. Augustine (354-430)
was born at Tagaste, Africa, and died in Hippo. His father, Patricius, was a
pagan; his mother, Monica, a devout Christian. He received a good Christian
education. As a law student in Carthage, however, he gave himself to all kinds of
excesses and finally joined the Manichean sect. He then taught rhetoric at
Milan where he was converted by St. Ambrose. Returning to Tagaste, he
distributed his goods to the poor, and was ordained a priest. He was made
bishop of Hippo at the age of 41 and became a great luminary of the African
Church, one of the four great founders of religious orders, and a Doctor of the
universal Church.
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