St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (28 August) ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger

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On August 28, The Liturgical Year of Dom Prosper Guéranger honors St. Augustine of Hippo, Bishop, Doctor of the Church, and one of Christianity’s greatest witnesses to the transforming power of divine grace. Once captivated by worldly pleasure and Manichaean error, Augustine became the “son of Monica’s tears and Ambrose’s holiness.” After his conversion, he could cry to God: “Too late have I loved Thee, O Beauty so ancient and yet so new.” But Augustine’s conversion was only the beginning. As Bishop of Hippo he fought tirelessly for Catholic truth against Manichaeism, Donatism, Pelagianism, and later errors concerning grace. His pastoral charity was as remarkable as his theological brilliance: he pursued wandering souls relentlessly while pleading for mercy even toward those who persecuted Catholics. When Rome fell, Augustine answered pagan accusations with his monumental City of God, contrasting two civilizations founded upon two opposing loves: love of self unto contempt of God, and love of God unto forgetfulness of self. His final illness found him surrounded by the penitential Psalms, praying and weeping as the Vandals besieged Hippo. May St. Augustine obtain for us love, penance, confidence, humility, and complete dependence upon grace. St. Augustine, pray for us. 0:00 St. Augustine — Bishop & Doctor of the Church 0:16 “The greatest and humblest of the Doctors” 0:41 The triumph of grace in Monica’s son 1:32 “Too late have I loved Thee” 1:48 Augustine searches creation for God 2:44 “It is He that made us” 3:17 God calls Augustine from blindness 3:49 Augustine fights for truth until death 4:19 Compassion for those trapped in error 5:37 Augustine’s nine years in Manichaeism 6:10 The struggle against Donatism 7:17 Violence against Catholics in Africa 7:34 The hidden suffering behind Augustine’s writings 8:29 Donatist domination before Augustine 9:02 Threats against Augustine’s life 9:26 “Between the teeth of furious wolves” 9:51 Augustine pursues the wandering sheep 11:12 “I shall seek the lost sheep” 11:37 Violence against Augustine’s clergy 11:52 Augustine pleads for mercy toward persecutors 12:23 Should force be used against heresy? 12:55 Augustine on fear, correction & salvation 13:37 Severity that springs from love 14:40 Augustine defends corrective laws 15:11 The fall of Rome 15:51 Augustine receives Roman refugees in Africa 16:39 Augustine counsels Christian nobility 17:51 Augustine mourns the fall of Rome 18:16 Why Augustine wrote The City of God 18:48 The earthly city vs. the heavenly city 19:12 Augustine, Doctor of Grace 19:27 Pelagius and the denial of original sin 19:52 Augustine’s defense of divine grace 20:35 Augustine answers attacks on his past 21:09 St. Jerome praises Augustine 22:06 The battle against Semi-Pelagianism 22:21 Second Council of Orange 22:42 Augustine’s humility before correction 23:25 Augustine as pastor of Hippo 24:33 Augustine and monastic life in Africa 25:17 The Church commemorates Augustine’s conversion 25:24 Augustine’s early life and education 25:39 Manichaeism, Rome & Milan 25:48 St. Ambrose and Augustine’s baptism 26:02 Augustine returns to Africa 26:18 Founding a religious community 26:35 Augustine becomes bishop 26:43 His humility and simplicity 26:59 Augustine’s extraordinary charity to the poor 27:24 Tireless preaching against heresy 27:49 Augustine’s theological legacy 28:05 Vandals besiege Hippo 28:13 Augustine’s final illness 28:20 Penitential Psalms and tears 28:37 Augustine dies at age 76 28:52 Translation of his relics 29:07 Africa falls into catastrophe 30:36 Augustine’s influence continues through the centuries 31:33 Prayer for love, penance & humility 32:04 “Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee” 32:12 St. Hermes, Roman martyr 32:51 Prayer to St. Hermes https://sensusfidelium.com/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/august/august-28-st-augustine-bishop-and-doctor-of-the-church/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 ✝️ SUPPORT THE MISSION 🙏 Donate https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 📬 Free Catholic Newsletter https://sensusfidelium.com/newsletter/ 📰 Read on Substack https://sensusfidelium.substack.com/ ──────────────────── 📺 WATCH & READ 📺 Sensus Fidelium App https://sensusfidelium.tv/ 📚 Sensus Fidelium Press https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ 👕 Official Merchandise https://sensusfidelium.com/merchandise/ ──────────────────── 🤝 PARTNER WITH US 📣 Advertise on Sensus Fidelium https://sensusfidelium.com/advertise-with-sensus-fidelium/ 🎤 Invite Steve Cunningham to Speak https://sensusfidelium.com/speaking/ ⛪ Parish Formation & Consultation https://sensusfidelium.com/for-parishes/ ──────────────────── 🌎 CATHOLIC COMMUNITY ✝️ Trusted Catholic Businesses https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 #StAugustine #SaintAugustine #AugustineOfHippo #DoctorOfGrace #DomGueranger #TheLiturgicalYear #CatholicSaints #ChurchFathers #CatholicHistory #CityOfGod #Con

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