ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST
Saints celebrated on the 28th of August
SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
Born at Thagaste in North Africa in 354, Saint Augustine was a brilliant young man whose early life was wild and unsettled. He was converted by the prayers of his mother, and baptised by Saint Ambrose, bishop of Milan, in 387. He returned to Africa, and lived an ascetic life. He became Bishop of Hippo. His many writings present a theology and a spirituality that are exceptional, and have had great influence on subsequent thinking.
PRAYER:
Lord,
renew in your Church
the spirit you gave Saint Augustine.
Filled with this spirit,
may we thirst for you alone as the fountain of wisdom
and seek you as the source of eternal love.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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