Journeying With The Saints

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Today, St. Augustine is struggling again with the problem of evil. It's a serious stumbling block for many people and not one we will fully understand in this life.

But, let's hear what he is thinking about in Book Seven, Chapter Five on page 138.

Welcome, welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Thank you for joining me today. St. Augustine has got it right when he says that God is immutable, meaning unchanging. This is just one of the attributes of God.

We are reading today from Book Seven, Chapter Four on page 137.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Hello, out there. Hope you are are having a good day.

Why, oh why is there evil in the world? That is what St. Augustine is writing about today. Let's read on page 136 from Book Seven, Chapter Three.

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims, welcome back. Today, St. Augustine has a harsh name for the Manichees—frauds. We will talk about that after our reading.

We are reading from Book Seven, Chapter Two on page 135.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims, to Book Seven! There are Thirteen Books within "Confessions" and we are at Book Seven, which means that we are more than halfway through the Books.

Today is a bit longer, so let's get started by opening to Book Seven, Chapter One, on page 133.

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims, and welcome to our last reading from Book Six. Isn't that amazing? We are already done with six books.

Today, we will talk about Epicurus, a famous philosopher who lived from 270 BC to 341 BC. Let's hear about his beliefs by opening to page 131 and reading from Book Six, Chapter Sixteen.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. After yesterday's light-hearted reading, today is much more serious. Because Augustine is to be married, he has to let go of his long-time mistress. She goes back to Africa. And instead of trying to be chaste during this period of waiting, Augustine takes another mistress, which defeats the whole purpose of sending the other one away.

I imagine that these mistresses lived with him, especially his first mistress, because they had a son together. Because of the nature of the topic, I would caution having young ears around.

We are reading from Book Six, Chapter Fifteen on page 131.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. St. Augustine and his buddies are wishing to have basically a man cave in today's readings. This is a bit of a light-hearted reading and I think you'll get a kick out of a bunch of men, some married, all wanting to live in a space together so that they can have some peace.

We are reading from Book Six, Chapter Fourteen on page 130.

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. We are going to hear how St. Augustine has proposed to a young lady in our reading today. Short reading today from Book Six, Chapter Thirteen on page 129.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. I hope you are well wherever you are in the great wide world.

Today, I would caution about having younger ears around. We will be reading from Book Six, Chapter Twelve on page 128.