No one should seek their own good, but the good of others....I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved. Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. (1 Corinthians 10:24, 33; 11:1) The …
A Prayer of St. Anselm
O my God, teach my heart where and how to seek You, where and how to find You. You are my God and You are my all and I have never seen You. You have made me and remade me, You have bestowed on me all the good things I possess, Still I do not …
Sawai Chinnawong, Genesis 9:13
Attention as a Key to Wisdom
The distractions of our lives slowly become the purpose of our lives when inattention and lack of focus reign within our souls. The more information we have, the less true knowledge we attain. The less knowledge we attain, the more confusing our life experiences become. Lacking knowledge and meaningful experience in a whirlpool of information, …
St Augustine on the Word of God
Here is St. Augustine, reflecting on the uniqueness of the Word made flesh in his book, Confessions VII.9: So you made use of a man, one who was bloated with the most outrageous pride, to procure me some of the books of the Platonists, translated from the Greek into Latin. In them I read – not, …
Matthew Erickson 