Who is he? When were you born and where did you live? I was born at Pieta’ but lived in St. Julians. At 16 years of age I entered St. Rita’s convent also at St. Julians. Where did you receive your primary; secondary and post-secondary education? At St. Julians primary school; Forms 1 & 2 at Gzira; Form 3 at Naxxar and Forms 4 & 5 at Imtarfa. What do […]
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Few thinkers have shaped Western civilization more powerfully than St. Augustine (354-430). This volume offers a comprehensive portrait―or rather, self-portrait, since its words are mostly Augustine’s own―drawn from the breadth of his writings and from the long course of his career. One chapter is devoted to each of his masterpieces (Confessions, On the Trinity, and City of God) and one to each of his best-known controversies (against Manichees, Donatists, and Pelagians). It also explores
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Kemm ninkwetaw u nfittxu meta tintilef xi ħaġa u kemm iktar nifirħu u nikkalmaw meta nsibu dik il-ħaġa li nkunu tlifna. Għandna 3 parabboli. Jekk inħarsu ftit lejhom nindunaw li t-tlett parabboli għandhom l-istess format. Xi ħadd kellu xi ħaġa, imbagħad tilef waħda minnhom, imbagħad sab dik il-ħaġa l-mitlufa, u kollha jiddeskrivu l-ferħ li kellhom meta sabu dak li nfilef. 3 parabboli 99 + 1 = 100 9 + 1
Mitluf, waħdi niġġerra fi ħsiebi, Biex infittex lil Dak li ħabbejt, U hekk qalbi bil-ħeġġa titfawwar, Kif xtaqt darba, għalhekk Lilu nsejt. Ħsiebi sar, bħal għasafar tal-ajru, Li jittajru fil-ogħla smewwiet, Għax hu mxennaq biex fis jista’ jgħarrex, Qalb il-fwieħa tal-ogħla ħlewwiet! Ma nistax nibqa’ mxennaq għas-Sewwa, Jeħtieġ ngħaġġel, nittajjar ’il fuq, Jeħtieġ nofroq is-sħab li jgħattini Biex l-Imħabba bi ġmielha induq. Iżda mnejn jien sa nterraq
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“God calls all the souls he has created to love him with their whole being, here and thereafter, which means that he calls all of them to holiness, to perfection, to a close following of him and obedience to his will. But he does not ask all souls to show their love by the same works, to climb to heaven by the same ladder, to achieve goodness in the same way. What sort
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Augustinian Call What does being an Augustinian mean to you? The commitment of religious vows promises I once made, are every day an opportunity to get closer together with my brothers and sisters to God and to others. The Augustinian Charism in today’s world …we are called to serve the Church and then the People of God in whatever is necessary, with the zeal that Saint Augustine had! Who is
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Augustine of Hippo: A Biography Peter Brown This classic biography was first published forty-five years ago and has since established itself as the standard account of Saint Augustine’s life and teaching. The remarkable discovery of a considerable number of letters and sermons by Augustine cast fresh light on the first and last decades of his experience as a bishop. These circumstantial texts have led Peter Brown to reconsider some of
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Marija Omm il-Konsolazzjoni Kemm hu sabiħ il-wens fil-ħajja.Sabiħ għal kulħadd imma speċjalment għall-dawk li jħossuhom jew huma waħdihom.Min huwa waħdu u ma jsibx il-wens, is-solitudni tiegħu jew tagħha tkun itqal milli hi. U meta qed ngħid solitudni, mhux biss solitudni fiżika – tkun tgħix waħdek imma hemm diversi esperjenzi fil-ħajja tagħna l-bnedmin fejn inħossuna waħidna, inħossuna mitluqin mill-oħrajn, jekk mhux ukoll emarġinati mill-oħrajn, jiġifieri, ħaddieħor jpoġġina fil-ġenb. Għandna solitudni morali,
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