Journeying With The Saints

Hello again, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome to another reading. The universe is just a crazy, crazy place and that is what we will discuss after our reading.   Please open to page 326 to Book Thirteen, Chapter Nineteen.   NASA Photo: Pale Blue Dot

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Do you know what your spiritual gifts are? I think mine is reading out loud. Just kidding. God gives each of us gifts and, if I've learned anything in the spiritual life, it's that you will always want the gift that you don't have.   We are reading from Book Thirteen, Chapter Eighteen on page 324.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Thank you for joining me today. We are reading from Book Thirteen, Chapter Seventeen on page 324.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Super short reading today. St. Augustine references Psalm 143, so I will read that for us after our reading.   Please open to page 323 to Book Thirteen, Chapter Sixteen.  

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. A little bit of a longer reading today, but a good one. All about the Word of God—Jesus and actual Scripture.   We are reading today from Book Thirteen, Chapter Fifteen on page 321.

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back. The spiritual life is really and ebb and flow of highs and lows. Moving ahead and falling back. And once you know that, it helps to just keep going.   We are reading from Book Thirteen, Chapter Fourteen on page 320.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. I hope you are having a good day.   If we call ourselves Christians, there has to be—there must be—a difference in how we live our lives. We will talk about that after our reading.   Which today is from Book Thirteen, Chapter Thirteen on page 319.

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back. Baptism brings us into the light of Christ and that is what St. Augustine will be talking about today.   We are reading from Book Thirteen, Chapter Twelve on page 319.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Today's reading is so interesting and it gives much food for thought.   We will begin today on page 318, reading from Book Thirteen, Chapter Eleven.  

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Very short reading today, but on the other side, I want to briefly discuss light.   We are reading from Book Thirteen, Chapter Ten on page 317.

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back today. We know that we are restless here on earth and only will find our rest when we fully rest with God. But, what gets us to that place? Love does. And the Holy Spirit helps us to have more love.   We are reading from Book Thirteen, Chapter Nine on page 316.  

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. One of the things that people struggle with is the fact that God gave us free will. People struggle because. on the one hand, they don't want to be forced into anything, but then, on the other hand, they don't get why God just doesn't make everyone perfectly good.   We will discuss on the other side of our reading from Book Thirteen, Chapter Eight on page 316.

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back. Today, we are still focused on the Holy Spirit and I want to talk about what the Holy Spirit does and what He does not do.   We are reading from Book Thirteen, Chapter Seven on page 315.

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. We know that the Trinity is Three Persons in One God, but I've heard people say that they think the Holy Spirit gets ignored. I disagree, but we'll talk about it on the other side.   We are reading from Book Thirteen, Chapter Six on page 314.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. We haven't heard St. Augustine really talk about the Trinity and today, we will hear him explain how he reads about the Trinity in those opening lines of Genesis.   We are reading today from Book Thirteen, Chapter Five on page 314.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. We have another short reading, but a good one, nonetheless.   We will be reading from Book Thirteen, Chapter Four on page 313.

Hello, my fellow Pilgrims. Welcome back. Today, we have a short reading on the words, "Let there be light; and the light began." This is what St. Augustine is reflecting on today.   We are reading from Book Thirteen, Chapter Three on page 313.  

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Do we as created beings have the right to demand anything of our Creator? No, we do not. Nothing created has the right to demand anything of the Creator. We will hear about this as we read from Book Thirteen, Chapter Two on page 311.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims, to the start of the last book--Book Thirteen! We are nearing the end.  We are reading today from Book Thirteen, Chapter One on page 311. 

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims, to the end of Book Twelve. We made it! I know this was probably one of the more hard books to make it through. There was a lot of repetition, a lot of deep theological questioning, and wondering about issues that, quite frankly, maybe don't concern you too much. I get that. But, you hung in there and that's saying something.   So, let's finish off Book Twelve by reading...

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Only two more readings here in Book Twelve. You will see as we read these last two readings, St. Augustine is winding down his thoughts.   But, let's go ahead and open to Book Twelve, Chapter Thirty-One on page 308.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. We have a short, very understandable reading today.   We are reading from Book Twelve, Chapter Thirty on page 307.  

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Thank you for joining me today. We are reading from Chapter Twelve, Book Twenty-Nine on page 306. 

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Today is a bit of a repeat from other chapters, so let's get started right away.   We are reading from Book Twelve, Chapter Twenty-Eight on page 304.

Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. It's good to have you with me today. In our culture, it is popular to sanitize God or make Him just a really cool guy. We must resist this at all costs.   We are reading today from Book Twelve, Chapter Twenty-Seven on page 303.