{"id":5126,"date":"2017-07-21T08:24:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T06:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.agostinjani.org\/34-days-st-augustine\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T14:48:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T13:48:51","slug":"34-days-st-augustine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agostinjani.org\/mt\/vokazzjonijiet\/34-days-st-augustine\/","title":{"rendered":"34 days – St. Augustine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Day 1 \u2013 SELF-KNOWLEDGE<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 1 \u2013 SELF-KNOWLEDGE Self-knowledge is the key to spiritual life in Augustine. This is not a mere experience of the self, a narcissistic introspection, and it is the very...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 2 \u2013 NO SEPARATION BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND SACRED DOCTRINE<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 2 \u2013 NO SPARATION BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND SACRED DOCTRINE For Augustine, Christian faith is our philosophy. For him revelation exposes the structure of the self to be image of...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 3 \u2013 CONVERSION<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 3 \u2013 CONVERSION Confronting a narcissistic culture, what is called the \u201cme\u201d generation, we shall acknowledge that the secular western self has not and will not disappear. The attempts...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 4 \u2013 PASTORAL<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 4 \u2013 PASTORAL Augustinian spirituality is not authoritarian and hierarchical even in the Church. It will be a spirituality for a church attempting to replace a hierarchical and authoritarian...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 5 \u2013 FALL and CONVERSION<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 5 \u2013 FALL and CONVERSION Augustinian spirituality is one of fall and conversion, of grace and forgiveness. The human which is without intermediary the mirror of God's Trinitarian life...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 6 – MEMORY<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 6 - MEMORY The culture of our time is a culture of experiences, of facts, of information. We have self-consciously turned against our Augustinian origins, deconstructing the self, in...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 7 – CHRIST<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 7 - CHRIST For Augustine teaching was only possible because of Christ, the LOGOS, and ultimately when Christ became our teacher. For only Christ as God and man spoke...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 8 – SACRAMENTS<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 8 - SACRAMENTS Augustinian interiority is a necessity for the future in respect to liturgy and the sacraments. For Augustine sacraments are effective signs of God's love. To participate...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 9 – WILL<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 9 - WILL Another aspect of the Augustinian spirituality is the will. As he says, the will is all important. Will originates for Augustine in the emergence of thought...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 10 \u2013 COMMUNITY<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 10 \u2013 COMMUNITY Community is the axis around which Augustinian life turns: a community who live harmoniously together, united by a single soul and a single heart, seeking God...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 11 \u2013 HUMILTY and POVERTY<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 11 \u2013 HUMILTY and POVERTY Humility and poverty are the foundation of Augustinian common life and spiritual life, and are so closely related that no one can be called...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 12 \u2013 SEARCH FOR TRUTH<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 12 \u2013 SEARCH FOR TRUTH Veritas is the Latin word for truth and Augustine described his life as a restless search for truth. He was a life-long learner who...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 13 \u2013 UNITY<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 13 \u2013 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,...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 14 – Caritas<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 15 \u2013 PEACE and JUSTICE<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 15 \u2013 PEACE and JUSTICE It would not be Augustinian to condone arbitrary socio-economic inequality and exploitation of one\u2019s brother, or to claim that economics is answerable only to...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 16 \u2013 Love and the Hierarchy of Values<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 16 \u2013 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...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 17 – Love for God is verified in one\u2019s love for the neighbour<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 17 - Love for God is verified in one\u2019s love for the neighbour Augustine has been accused of having spiritualized love, reducing it to a kind of personal intimacy...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 18 – Solidarity: Identification through Love<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 18 - Solidarity: Identification through Love Incarnation is that process whereby God identifies Himself with man through Love. Augustine was moved especially by two biblical texts that illustrate this...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 19 – Formation in authenticity<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 19 - Formation in authenticity Formation in rightly ordered love involves formation in authenticity based on a deep knowledge of self and of one\u2019s place in the design of...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 20 – Devotion to Study and the Pursuit of Wisdom<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 20 - Devotion to Study and the Pursuit of Wisdom The cultivation of the mind is an integral element in Augustinian values formation. But study and learning must not...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 21 – Faith and Reason<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 21 - Faith and Reason \u201cBelieve that you may understand,\u201d says Augustine; but he also says, \u201cunderstand that you may believe.\u201d Belief is \u201cto think with assent.\u201d This is...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 22 \u2013 Two-Books Doctrine \u2013 encountering God<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 22 \u2013 Two-Books Doctrine \u2013 encountering God According to this teaching, the Word of God is echoed in two books, the Book of Scriptures and the Book of the...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 23 – Freedom<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 23 - Freedom The concept of freedom is perhaps, like \u201clove\u201d, one of the ideas most affected by philosophical pluralism. Despite the varied and sometimes even divergent explanations of...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 24 – \u201cOne mind and one heart intent upon God\u201d<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 24 - \u201cOne mind and one heart intent upon God\u201d Augustinian community life is described by a statement comprising of two phrases: \u201cOne mind and one heart,\u201d which derives...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 25 \u2013 Common Good<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 25 \u2013 Common Good \u201cSharing of goods\u201d is the same as \u201cworking for the common good.\u201d By working for the common good, the Augustinian performs his\/her duties as service...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 26 – Service is love in action<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 26 - Service is love in action It is not the \u201cservice\u201d offered in gas stations for the customers. This latter refers to the added attention given to those...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 27 – Work<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 27 - Work Within the context of service, human work assumes a different meaning. The Augustinians explain their perception of work in the following way: In harmony with Augustine\u2019s...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 28 – Leadership<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 28 - Leadership The idea of \u201cleadership\u201d is derived from the social sciences. Leadership is one of the elements that shape the life of a society. Jesus gave it...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 29 \u2013 Augustinian idea of leadership<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 29 \u2013 Augustinian idea of leadership There are three ideas in elaborating the Augustinian idea of leadership: (a) The Leader is a Companion; (b) The Leader is an Animator;...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 30 – Intellectual<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 30 - Intellectual Augustinian spirituality is by nature intellectual. Augustine deeply thought about, widely borrowed from, and fundamentally transformed the pagan intellectual heritage in its most comprehensive result. His...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 31 \u2013 Friendship<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 31 \u2013 Friendship Our Augustinian life of fraternity and community leads us to the careful cultivation of the values of friendship. Friendship begets and nourishes loyalty, trust, sincerity and...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 32 \u2013 Prayer<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 32 \u2013 Prayer It is not possible to synthesize all that Augustine thinks of prayer in just a few paragraphs. Augustine\u2019s concept of prayer does not substantially differ from...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 33 – The Role of Scriptures<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 33 - The Role of Scriptures The descriptions of prayer that we find in Augustine\u2019s works should not distract us from the idea that prayer is \u201cyour speaking with...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 34 \u2013 Experience and Freedom<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Day 34 \u2013 Experience and Freedom Augustine knew the emptiness of a libertine\u2019s life. His escapades both in boyhood and young adulthood gave him much to lament on in his...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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