St. Augustine
Fr. Tony’s Midweek Message
August 28, 2013
A reminder for all
parents of school children and students or teachers going back into
classes: this Sunday is the blessing of
the backpacks. Bring your basic school
kit to be blessed at the 10:00 a.m. Communion Service.
“Double-minded people
are unstable in all their ways” (James 1:8).
Today is the feast day of St. Augustine of Hippo, theologian and bishop.
Here is a short excerpt from his Confessions, a reminder to
us all when we are double-minded:
“It is no strange phenomenon partly to will to do something and partly not to will to do it. It is a malady of the mind that does not wholly rise to the heights where it has been lifted by the Truth, because it is weighed down by mere habit. So there are two wills in us, because neither by itself is the whole will, and each possesses what the other lacks.”
Augustine talks about procrastination as a way of prolonging
double-mindedness. His famous pre-conversion prayer is “Give
me chastity, Lord, but not yet!”
But he says that the grace of God comes to us and helps drive away the force of habit, enabling us to amend our lives and truly change.
Grace and Peace,
Fr. Tony+
St. Monnica, Mother of Augustine
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