Augustine Day by Day: March 10

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March 10

Tomorrow May Never Come

od is not now so long-suffering in putting up with you that he will fail to be just in punishing. Do not say then: "Tomorrow I shall be converted, tomorrow I shall please God, and all that I shall have done today and yesterday will be forgiven me."

What you say is true: God has promised forgiveness if you turn back to him. But what he has not promised is that you will have tomorrow in which to achieve your conversion.

-- Commentary on Psalm 144, 11

Prayer. Come, Lord, and act. Rouse and renew us; kindle us and carry us away; shine before us and be gentle with us. Let us love and run toward you.

-- Confessions 8, 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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