love that strains
after the possession of the loved object is desire; and the love that possesses
and enjoys that object is joy. The love that shuns what opposes it is fear,
while the love that feels that opposition when it happens is grief.January 11
The Hymn of Love
love that strains
after the possession of the loved object is desire; and the love that possesses
and enjoys that object is joy. The love that shuns what opposes it is fear,
while the love that feels that opposition when it happens is grief.
Consequently, these feelings are bad, if the love is bad, and good if the love is good.
-- City of God 14, 7
Prayer. O Lord, I love you. I love, I burn, I pant for you; I trample under foot all that gives here delight. I want to go to you.
-- Sermon 159, 8
| Tradition Day By Day | The Augustinians - St. Thomas of Villanova Province |
From John E. Rotelle, O.S.A., Augustine Day by Day: Minute Meditations for Every Day Taken from the Writings of Saint Augustine. Catholic Book Publishing Co. New York, 1986.
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