Journeying With The Saints

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Today, we will hear about how St. Augustine is trying to work out when is the best time to leave his position as teacher.

Let's see what he thinks by turning to page 182 and reading from Book Nine, Chapter Two.

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome to Book Nine. This Book only has thirteen chapters in it, so not too long.

So, let's kick off this book by reading from Book Nine, Chapter One on page 181.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Today, the battle is won. We will hear today how St. Augustine's conversion is complete. He's not baptized yet, but he is ready to let go of his sins and live for God. Hallelujah!

Let's hear about this in our last reading from Book Eight, Chapter Twelve on page 177.

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome to our second to last reading in Book Eight which is from Chapter Eleven on page 175.

Let's jump in.

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome to our reading today. We will hear a lot about wills in our reading and it can be a bit confusing. So, I thought we'd go over some important Catholic teachings before we read this in order to get our minds in the right place.

I will read today and then be done to keep things short. We are reading from Book Eight, Chapter 10 on page 172.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. A bit of a shorter reading today. We are reading from Book Eight, Chapter Nine on page 172. This episode may not be suitable for young ears.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Whew, boy, St. Augustine is struggling in our reading today. Struggling with a capital S. What you are going to hear is a true battle between the flesh and the soul.

Let's go ahead and open to page 170 and read from Book Eight, Chapter Eight.

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Thank you for joining me today. I'm not positive, but I would say that we have nearly reached the climax of St. Augustine's conversion. He is going to express some hard truths today about how he saw himself as he hears Ponticianus talk about monks and how they renounced the world for the sake of God.

This is a very hard-hitting chapter, so let's open to Book Eight, Chapter Seven on page 169 and hear all about it.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. We have a long reading today, so let's waste no time.

We are reading from Book Eight, Chapter Six on page 166.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. How's your day going? Good? I hope so.

St. Augustine is struggling. Struggling to give up the sin of lust. It's become such a habit now, he doesn't really know how to break the chains of the habit.

We will talk about that after our reading from Book Eight, Chapter Four on page 164.