[Mr. Silverback]

BreakPoint/Chuck Colson Ping!

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[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[redgolum]

ping for later

[ppaul]

BUMP

[norraad]

Love the Chuckman.

But I always chuckle when I hear from him 'cause someone once said, "..only reason he found Jesus in that Florida prison was Jesus didn't see him coming."

Who said that?

[what's up]

Funny...I was just thinking about reading "City of God".

[NYer]

St. Augustine of Hippo

Though he was one of the most intelligent men who ever lived and though he had been brought up a Christian, his sins of impurity and his pride darkened his mind so much, that he could not see or understand the Divine Truth anymore. Through the prayers of his holy mother and the marvelous preaching of St. Ambrose, Augustine finally became convinced that Christianity was the one true religion.

He was baptized, became a priest, a bishop, a famous Catholic writer, Founder of religious priests, and one of the greatest saints that ever lived. He becam e very devout and charitable, too. On the wall of his room he had the following sentence written in large letters: "Here we do not speak evil of anyone." St. Augustine overcame strong heresies, practiced great poverty and supported the poor, preached very often and prayed with great fervor right up until his death. "Too late have I loved You!" he once cried to God, but with his holy life he certainly made up for the sins he committed before his conversion. His feast day is August 28th.

Catholic Ping - let me know if you want on/off this list

[goldstategop]

Augustine was initially a pagan, then a Manichean, and finally a Catholic. He is the last great Roman writer and lived in a time when the Western Empire was on the verge of disappearing altogether. The central theme of the City Of God is that this life has its blessings but our real reward is in heaven. Our earthly city, in all its imperfection must be guided by law but pales next to the heavenly city, which is guided by divine love. There's little doubt as to Augustine's preferences and he remains the greatest Christian thinker until Thomas Aquinas.

[spunkets]

"On August 24, 410 A.D., the Visigoths, led by Alaric, sacked Rome. For the people of late antiquity, August 24 was even more traumatic than September 11 was for us. Rome, the capital of the greatest empire the world had ever known, was plundered by barbarians, people Rome regarded as uncouth and inferior."

Voting booths have replaced the sword.

[Salvation]

Memorial of St. Augustine is supressed by the Sunday liturgy. BTTT on 08-28-05!