Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
Saint AugustineO Sacrament of Love! O sign of Unity! O bond of Charity! He who would have Life finds here indeed a Life to live in and a Life to live by.
Saint AugustineFor whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they were washed in the sacred font of baptism.
Saint AugustineBlessed is he who devotes his life to great and noble ends, and who forms his well-considered plans with deliberate wisdom.
Saint AugustineThe fruits of charity are joy, peace, and mercy; charity demands beneficence and fraternal correction; it is benevolence; it fosters reciprocity and remains disinterested and generous; it is friendship and communion: Love is itself the fulfillment of all our works. There is the goal; that is why we run: we run toward it, and once we reach it, in it we shall find rest.
Saint Augustine