Category: Florilegium Patristicum

Febris nostra, febris nostra . . .

Febris enim nostra, avaritia est: febris nostra, libido est: febris nostra, luxuria est: febris nostra, ambitio est: febris nostra, iracundia est. (Homilia sancti Ambrosii Episcopi...

Cast thyself fearlessly upon Him

Why standest thou in thyself, and so standest not? Cast thyself upon Him, fear not He will not withdraw Himself that thou shouldest fall; cast...

Built up into Christ

Dedication of the Cathedral of the Diocese of Meath From a Sermon by St Augustine, Bishop & Doctor of the Church We are gathered together...

Job: good in the midst of the wicked

I Sunday of September From the Book of Moral Reflections by St Gregory the Great, Pope & Doctor of the Church Holy Scripture is put...

Too late loved I thee

St Augustine (28 Aug.) From the Confessions of St Augustine, Bishop & Doctor of the Church Being admonished to return to myself, I entered even...