St. Augustine, How Are We To Be Delivered From Evil?
Question 61 Part I What does “but deliver us from evil” mean? When we pray, Deliver us from evil, we tell ourselves to consider that we do not yet enjoy the good estate in which we experience no evil. And this petition, which comes last in the Lord’s Prayer, is so comprehensive that a Christian, regardless of the trial he finds himself in, can use it in his groans and find release in tears. from St. [...]
Sins Against the Virtue of Religion – Part II
The Virtue of Religion - Part II: Sins Against the Virtue Part II Of A Lecture Series Given By Fr. Ermatinger August 2022 Allegory of Religion, Pompeo Batoni, 1763-64. Part II Outline Intro Prayers -- 0:00-1:30 Common Error: Blame God for Woes and Threaten With a Faith Crisis -- 1:30-2:20 Errors Become Demonic Inversions of the Virtue -- 2:20-3:05 Spiritual but not Religious -- 3:05-4:50 Spiritual Beings who are Religious -- 4:50-4:55 [...]