St. Augustine, What is Adoration?
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What is Adoration?
In persevering chastity one draws his strength from you and then, in no way shows himself to be changeable. For you are always present to him and he ever makes you the object of his affection, thus keeping himself (in a permanent present) with no future to look forward to or past to remember, undergoing no change or worldly distraction. O blessed […]
St. Augustine, Do We Only Praise God For Good Things?
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Other than God’s deserving our praise, does Augustine offer any motivations to praise God?
Those who praise you, O Lord, speak of the excellence of your terrible deeds, the greatness of the work of your hands which punish and distribute discipline. They shall speak and will not remain silent…For it is the praise of God that sets you on your way that ought […]
St. Augustine, How Do Our Prayers Please God?
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What makes our praise so pleasing to God?
Would you sing a psalm? Then do not sound God’s praises with voice alone, but put your works in harmony with your voice… “Let your praises be pleasing to our God.” How? By praising him with the goodness of our lives. Take heed of that and then your praise will be pleasing to him…If praise in the […]