And how shall I call upon my God - my God and my Lord? For when I call on Him I ask Him to come into me. That the God Whom We Invoke is in Us, and We in Him.Ģ. O Lord, my faith calls on You - that faith which You have imparted to me, which You have breathed into me through the incarnation of Your Son, through the ministry of Your preacher. Let me seek You, Lord, in calling on You, and call on You in believing in You for You have been preached unto us. For those who seek shall find Him, Matthew 7:7 and those who find Him shall praise Him. But how shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? Or how shall they believe without a preacher? Romans 10:14 And those who seek the Lord shall praise Him.

Or perhaps we call on You that we may know You. But who calls upon You without knowing You? For he that knows You not may call upon You as other than You are. Lord, teach me to know and understand which of these should be first: to call on You, or to praise You and likewise to know You, or to call on You. You move us to delight in praising You for You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You. And man, being a part of Your creation, desires to praise You man, who bears about with him his mortality, the witness of his sin, even the witness that You resist the proud, - yet man, this part of Your creation, desires to praise You. Great are You, O Lord, and greatly to be praised great is Your power, and of Your wisdom there is no end. He Proclaims the Greatness of God, Whom He Desires to Seek and Invoke, Being Awakened by Him.ġ. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99.Ĭommencing with the invocation of God, Augustine relates in detail the beginning of his life, his infancy and boyhood, up to his fifteenth year at which age he acknowledges that he was more inclined to all youthful pleasures and vices than to the study of letters. Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download.

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