Hello, catholic Pilgrims. Today is the last reading from Book One. I hope that you are enjoying reading "Confessions" so far. I know I am really enjoying it. It's not what I expected that's for sure. But, to finish Book One, let's open to page 40 and read Chapter 20.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Two more readings to go in Book One. What we will find is that St. Augustine starts to close down the time of his boyhood and begins the transition into the next book. We will be reading today from Book One, Chapter 19. Please open to page 39.

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims, and welcome. Today, we are reading from Book One, Chapter 17. A quick note on Juno before we begin, as St. Augustine will reference her. Taking from the internet, Juno was a hostile goddess and Aeneas's primary antagonist, driven by her long-standing hatred for the Trojans and her favoritism toward Carthage. She tries to prevent Aeneas from founding the city of Rome, which she knows will eventually destroy her beloved Carthage.

Hopefully, that will help put today's reading in context.

Let's go ahead and open our books to page 37.

Welcome, my fellow Catholics, welcome. Today, we are reading from Book One, Chapter 16. Let's open to page 36.

Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims. Another really short reading today. If you are hankering for the meatier stuff, just be patient, we'll get there. I promise. Today, we are reading from Book One, Chapter 15. Let's open to page 35.

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back. How curious are you to learn? St. Augustine shares a bit of insight into the fact that when we are forced to learn something, we lose our curiosity. Let's hear what he has to say by turning to page 35 to read from Book One, Chapter 14.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims, to another day with St. Augustine. Today, we learn that St. Augustine wasn't super thrilled to learn Greek. Can't say I blame him as it looks pretty hard. But, let's go ahead and hear what he has to say by turning to page 33 to read Book One, Chapter Thirteen.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Super short reading today and what we learn today from St. Augustine is that he did not like to study or do his lessons. Surprising coming from a Doctor of the Church. Let's go ahead and grab our books and open to page 32 to read from Book One, Chapter Twelve.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Today, St. Augustine is going to be telling us about how he was NOT baptized as a kid and that may be confusing to some of us given that his mother, St. Monica is a Saint. We will discuss it all on the other side of this reading. We are reading from Book One, Chapter 11 and we will begin on page 31.