Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you! You were within me, but I was outside, and it was there that I searched for you. In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created. You were with me, but I was not with you. Created things kept me from you; yet if they had not been in you they would not have been at all. You called, you shouted, and you broke through my deafness. You flashed, you shone, and you dispelled my blindness. You breathed your fragrance on me; I drew in breath and now I pant for you. I have tasted you, now I hunger and thirst for more. You touched me, and I burned for your peace.
~ Saint Augustine, Confessions
Faith is to believe what we do not see, and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.
~Saint Augustine, Sermons
A disciple should always carry
the memory of God within.
For it is written:
You shall love the Lord your God
with all your heart.
You should not only love the Lord
when entering into the place of prayer
but should also remember him with deep desire
when you walk or speak to others or take your meals.
For scripture (Matt. 6:21) says:
Where your heart is, there also is your treasure;
and, surely, wherever a person’s heart is given,
wherever their deepest desire draws them,
this is indeed their god.
If a disciple’s heart always longs for God,
then God will surely be the Lord of the heart.
~Makarios the Great, “Praktikos”, Book of Mystical Chapters
No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.
~ Zen saying
