28/08/2026
| ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ โ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ข, Bishop and Doctor of the Church.
""๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ; ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ "๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ, " - ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ; ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ."
A Christian at 33, a priest at 36, a bishop at 41: Many people are familiar with the biographical sketch of Augustine of Hippo, sinner turned saint. But to get to really know the man is a rewarding experience.
There quickly surfaces the intensity with which he lived his life, whether his path led away from or toward God. The tears of his mother, the instructions of Ambrose and, most of all, God himself speaking to him in the Scriptures, redirected Augustineโs love of life to a life of love.
Having been so deeply immersed in creature-pride of life in his early days and having drunk deeply of its bitter dregs, it is not surprising that Augustine should have turned, with a holy fierceness, against the many demon-thrusts rampant in his day. His times were truly decadent: politically, socially, morally. He was both feared and loved, like the Master. The perennial criticism leveled against him: a fundamental rigorism.
In his day, Augustine providentially fulfilled the office of prophet. Like Jeremiah and other greats, he was hard-pressed but could not keep quiet. โI say to myself, I will not mention him/I will speak in his name no more/But then it becomes like fire burning in my heart/imprisoned in my bones/I grow weary holding it in/I cannot endure itโ (Jeremiah 20:9).
Saint Augustine, pray for us!
Source:
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-augustine-of-hippo/
