Day 16 – Love and the Hierarchy of Values Love, for Augustine, is not a static reality but a dynamic force. It is a movement that pulls the person from within towards the object loved. “My love is my weight” Augustine says. It is like the force which draws the falling leaves to rest on the ground. This mysterious force is experienced by man as a restlessness, a longing. But […]
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Day 15 – PEACE and JUSTICE It would not be Augustinian to condone arbitrary socio-economic inequality and exploitation of one’s brother, or to claim that economics is answerable only to itself and has nothing to do with universal brotherhood, unity and peace. Those who desire to have an Augustinian mode presence in the world take as their specific apostolate making unity and peace a reality in the Church and in
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Day 14 – Caritas Another Augustinian value is caritas, the Latin word for love. Love accepts everyone for exactly who they are. It is a culture of graciousness, a generous donation of time, and a climate of friendship.
Għalfejn jitilgħu fuq il-muntanja? San Mattew ma jgħidilnix għalfejn Ġesù flimkien ma’ Pietru, Ġakbu u Ġwanni jitilgħu fuq il-muntanja, bħal donnu l-importanti li joffrilhom din l-esperjenza qawwija. Għalfejn Ġesù jitla fuq il-muntanja mad-dixxipli? Nistgħu nobsru li Ġesù hawnhekk xtaq jitlob…jara li dak li qiegħed jagħmel huwa parti mir-rieda l-pjan t’Alla. U nistgħu ngħidu li f’din l-esperjenza jgħix l-imħabba t’Alla permezz tal-viżjoni tal-profeti (Mose u Elija) flimkien mal-leħen minn ġo sħaba.
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Day 13 – UNITY An Augustinian value for education is teaching people how to live together, is unitas, the Latin word for unity. This unity implies a respect for diversity, the way people think, and the way they act. In the desire to build unity, we need community to go beyond ourselves. Community is where the common interest is put first over individual needs. Unity with one another allows us
Ritratt James Pizzuto Il-mixja li għamlu t-tlett dixxipli għal fuq il-muntanja kienet fiha nfisha diġa esperjenza kbira. Imbagħad kellhom esperjenza aktar qawwija fejn raw lil Ġesù fil-glorja tiegħu. Hemmhekk saru jaru l-identità vera ta’ Ġesù. Aħna nitilgħu l-muntanja u naraw veduti ġodda. Naraw l-ibliet minn punt differenti. Naraw is-sbuħija kif ma rajniex qabel. Aħna neħtieġu mumenti fejn nitilgħu l-muntanji ‘l hemm mill-ordinarju. Anke permezz tat-talb. Bħal Ġesù għandna bżonn postijiet
