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We have received not the spirit of this world, but the Spirit proceeding from God

26 May 2010 Pentecost (C) Jn. 1: 15-16: Homily of Saint Augustine (Commentary on the Gospel of John 74, 1-2) “When the Gospel was read, we have heard, Brothers, the Lord saying: If you love me, keep my commandments and I shall ask the Father, and He will give you another Paraclete, who will remain [...]

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This seal that Christ commanded soldiers stamp

3 June  2012 Holy Trinity Sunday (B) Mt. 28: 16-20: Homily of Saint Augustine (S. ad Caesar. Eccl. plebem, 2) «Our God and Lord Jesus Christ searches for the one who abandons, cancels the crime of error, but does not takes his peculiar character.   When I go to meet a brother of mine, and I [...]

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You will give testimony me

27 May 2012 Pentecost Sunday (B) Jn. 15: 26-27:  Homily of Saint Augustine. (In Io. ev. tr. 92, 2) «And you, the Lord tells them, will testify of me, because you are with me since the beginning. (Jn. 15: 27)  The Lord will give it, and you will do the same.  By having been with [...]

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By continuously walking, the Gospel reached us.

20 May 2012 The Ascension of the Lord (B) Mk. 16: 15-20: Homily of Saint Augustine (S. 233, 1.2) «You have heard what the Lord said to his disciples after his resurrection. He sent them to preach the Gospel, that is what they did; the Gospel was preached, and it even reached us. And thus, [...]

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In charity, these two precepts are enclosed.

13 May 2012 Sixth Sunday of Easter (B) Jn. 15: 9-17: Homily of Saint Augustine (In Io. ev. tr. 83, 2.3) «This is my precept, He tells us, that you love each other as I have loved you. (Jn. 15: 12) Whether we talk of a precept or a commandment, both are translations of one [...]

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