St. Augustine, How Can We Have God More Readily Answer Our Prayers?
Question 52 What makes our prayer of petition more efficacious? “By fasting, long watches, and every type of mortification of the body, prayer is supported (Tob. 12:8).” Each should do what she can… The one who can accomplish less should not hold the others back. The one who can accomplish more should not lord it over those who cannot… strive in prayer to be victorious in overcoming this world. Pray with hope, pray with faith and [...]
Eighth Sunday After Pentecost — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Parable of the Unjust Steward, A.N. Mironov, 2021 Transcription of Homily Translation of the Epistle for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost. We are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh, you shall die: but if by the Spirit you mortify the deeds of the flesh, you shall live. For whosoever are led by the Spirit of God, they are [...]
St. Augustine, Are Those Who Do Not Pray Condemned?
Question 51 What about those who do not know to pray for themselves? Are they lost? There are gifts that God gives even to those who do not pray, such as the birth of faith. And there are gifts that God gives only to those who pray, such as final perseverance. from St. Augustine Answers 101 Questions on Prayer by Fr. Ermatinger Man is a religious being, homo religiosus, created as imago Dei. He has the Law [...]