Augustine Day by Day: February 11

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February 11

Take Account of Failures

s long as we are human beings, we cannot avoid failures, even if they are flimsy. What is important in any case is not to ignore them, not to disregard them. For swollen rivers are made out of small drops of water.

A tiny leak in a boat, unless noticed and controlled in time, is cause enough for the boat to sink to the bottom of the sea. Drop by drop the hull will be flooded, and the boat will get heavier until finally it cannot float anymore.

-- Sermon 58, 9-10

Prayer. Lord, you grieve over wrongdoing, but you feel no pain.

-- Confessions 1, 4

Tradition Day By Day

The Augustinians - St. Thomas of Villanova Province

From John E. Rotelle, O.S.A., Augustine Day by Day: Minute Meditations for Every Day Taken from the Writings of Saint Augustine. Catholic Book Publishing Co. New York, 1986.

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