A Penitent Blogger

Mindful of my imperfections, seeking to know Truth more deeply and to live Love more fully.

Quid sum miser tunc dicturus? Quem patronum rogaturus? Cum vix iustus sit securus?
Recordare, Iesu pie, Quod sum causa tuae viae: Ne me perdas illa die...

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Things were so much better

"You hear people complaining about this present day and age because things were SO much better in former times.

"I wonder what would happen if they could be taken back to the days of their ancestors - would we not still hear them complaining?

"You may think past ages were good, but it is only because you are not living in them."


from a sermon by St. Augustine, who died in the year 430

(from today's Office of Readings - emphasis added)