Christianity is a doctrine of redemption,
which is intelligible only to the person who is convinced
that he has erred and that he needs a Saviour.
"We Hold These Truths" is a video that we felt needed to be produced in order to clearly state the main issue in regards to the (HHS) Health and Human Services Mandate. The main issue is Religious Liberty. The mandate, as it stands right now, violates the Constitution and specifically the 1st Amendment. We have a right to the free exercise of our religion without violating our consciences. Every American should see this as an important issue. It is not a Catholic issue. It is an American issue. Join the movement here.
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"Every vain hope," recounts Saint Augustine of his introduction to philosophy, "became empty to me, and I longed for the immortality of wisdom." With the emergence of his Confessions more than fifteen hundred years ago, immortality would soon be his. "All of antiquity's philosophy converges in his work," noted Pope Paul VI.
Hailed by Pope Benedict XVI as "the greatest Father of the Latin Church... a man of passion and faith, of high intelligence and untiring pastoral zeal," Augustine tells the story of his remarkable life. From his days of devil-may-care debauchery to saintliness, from traveling the ancient world to taking the vows of an ascetic life, his gripping biography intertwines with his insights of endless wisdom.
Rex Warner, who was born in England and studied at Oxford, established an international reputation with his translations, which include Three Great Plays of Euripides, The Greek Philosophers and Thucydides's The Persian Wars.For more of St. Augustine's life and works, click here and here.
My Lord Jesus, I am resolved to follow You wherever You wish to go. O my Jesus, I am waiting for You, confident that You shall take care of me, that You shall attend to me with care, that You shall fill me with Your divine love which is all I desire.
I want to start a holy life, O Jesus, for the sacrifice that You ask me of now. I cast doubts away. I am willing to do everything. Accept, my Jesus, my resolve and bless it. Ah, my Jesus! You have come to awaken me from my lukewarmness… I thank You, my Jesus. Accept me for I hear Your call. My soul searches for You and chooses You alone. Let us go, my Jesus, I want to be alone in Your company. I wish to die to all other loves, to live only for your love. O my Jesus! You alone suffice me! Blessed are You for You seek me in so many ways! Long live Jesus whom I love! I want to live for You alone, my Jesus, and for You alone I want to die! Amen.
(Cartas II, 147-149; Carta 942, Obras completes III, 223)
"Malacanang ti Amianan" is the other term used by Ilocanos to describe Malacañang of the North. This is the official residence of the former President Ferdinand Marcos in Ilocos Norte, built on a high point of land projecting into the sea right beyond the coastline of the legendary Paoay Lake, this enduring structure is now a museum. It was designed to resemble a 19th Century “bahay na bato” with a mixture of Spanish and Ilocano interior designs. Complete with 9 spacious rooms which was used to accommodate upper class guests during Marcos’ term, 2 living and dining areas, a spacious ballroom on the second floor, and verandas for both the ground and second floor facing the Paoay lake. They even had an olympic size swimming pool but is now left unused.