Journeying With The Saints

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back.

Power has a way of keeping us from God, but why is that? We'll discuss on the other side. We are reading from Book Eight, Chapter Four on page 163.

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Thank you for joining me today. Our reading is all about the lost and the found and how God rejoices when a lost sheep comes back to the fold.

We are reading from Book Eight, Chapter Three on page 161.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. We have a bit of a longer reading today, so I want to jump right in. We are reading from Book Eight, Chapter Two on page 159.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims, to Book Eight. This book has fewer chapters than most, so we will move through it pretty quickly.

Today, we are introduced to Simplicianus. He is going to be another spiritual mentor to St. Augustine and I find it interesting that we hear a lot about St. Ambrose helping to guide Augustine into the Church, but we don't really hear the name Simplicianus. He became Bishop of Milan after Ambrose died, so it's not like he was just an ordinary layman. Regardless, we will hear about him today.

We are reading from Book Eight, Chapter One on page 157.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims, to our last reading from Book Seven. St. Augustine starts to read the letters of St. Paul, so it will be interesting to hear what he thinks. We are reading from Book Seven, Chapter Twenty-One on page 155.

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Only two more readings from Book Seven. As we round out this book, remember that St. Augustine is walking us through the slow, oftentimes painful, path of how he finally comes to the fullness of truth in the Catholic Church.

With that in mind, let's open to page 154 and read from Book Seven, Chapter Twenty.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims, to another great day to read from St. Augustine. We have a lot to talk about so let's get started by opening to Book Seven, Chapter Nineteen on page 152.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Today's reading is just beautiful. I sat and tried and tried to think of how to reflect on it, but nothing was coming. I decided this meant that it needs no words from me.

Our reading today is all about Jesus and St. Augustine's discovery of Him. Let's just listen and let it sink in. We are reading from Book Seven, Chapter Eighteen on page 152.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. I'm glad to have you with me today.

Our reading can be found on page 151 from Book Seven, Chapter Seventeen.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. St. Augustine has been kind to you for the past few days in giving shorter readings. St. Augustine is still working out his new—correct—understanding of evil, so we will hear more about that today.

We are reading from Book Seven, Chapter Sixteen on page 150.