Quote/s of the Day – 4 May – The Feast of St Monica (322-387) Mother of St Augustine – 1 Timothy 5:3-10, Luke 7:11-16
“Son, nothing in this world now affords me delight.
I do not know what there is now for me to do
or why I am still here,
all my hopes in this world being now fulfilled.”
Saint Monica,
on the conversion
of St Augustine
“Our Lord and Saviour lifted up His Voice
and said with incomparable majesty:
“Let all men know that Grace comes after tribulation.
Let them know that without the burden of afflictions,
it is impossible to reach the height of Gace.
Let them know,
that the gifts of Grace increase,
as the struggles increase.
Let men take care not to stray and be deceived.
This is the only true stairway to Paradise
and without the cross,
they can find no road to climb to Heaven.”
St Rose of Lima (1586-1617)
Late Have I Loved Thee!
By St Augustine (354-430)
Father and Doctor of Grace
Late have I loved Thee,
Beauty ever ancient and ever new,
late have I loved Thee!
Lo, Thou were within
but I outside,
seeking there for Thee
and upon the shapely things
Thou hast made
I rushed headlong – I, misshapen.
Thou wast with me
but I was tnot with Thee.
They held me back far from Thee,
those things which would have no being,
were they not in Thee.
Thou called, shouted,
broke through my deafness.
Thou flared, blazed,
banished my blindness.
Thou lavished Thy fragrance,
I gasped
and now I pant for Thee.
I tasted Thee
and now I hunger and thirst.
Thou touched me
and I burned for Thy peace.
Amen
AnaStpaul 