Augustine: praise God for the body

Wednesday, January 14, 2026
    Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915
Meditation:
    By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
    —Hebrews 11:3 (NIV)
Quotation:
    If bodies please thee, praise God on occasion of them, and turn back thy love upon their Maker; lest in these things which please thee, thou displease. If souls please thee, be they loved in God: for they too are mutable, but in Him they are firmly established.
    ... St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430), Confessions [397], Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1886, IV.xii, p. 70 (see the book)
    See also Heb. 11:3; Ps. 103:2-3; Acts 17:24-26; 1 Pet. 1:23
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You are the root and origin of all things praiseworthy. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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