ook down upon
me and have mercy on me according to the judgment of those who love your
Name. For you first loved me, so that I might love you. By loving you,
I love myself, and thus I am wisely able also to love my neighbor as myself.August 12
You Loved Me First
ook down upon
me and have mercy on me according to the judgment of those who love your
Name. For you first loved me, so that I might love you. By loving you,
I love myself, and thus I am wisely able also to love my neighbor as myself.
Lord, teach me how to act; teach me how to do your will. For though I hear, and bear in mind what I hear, I am by no means supposed to have learned if I do not act.
-- Commentary on Psalm 118 (27), 5-8
Prayer. Lord, you first loved me, so that I might love you.
-- Commentary on Psalm 118 (27), 15
| 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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