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Minute Meditations for Every Day Taken from the Writings of Saint Augustine

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January:: January 1: Weakness Becomes Strong; January 2: The Church of Faith; January 3: The Humble Person; January 4: Whoever Comes to Me Becomes Humble; January 5: The Virgin Mary; January 6: A Man in Time; January 7: The Source of Light; January 8: Without Humility Pride Will Win; January 9: The Root of Friendship; January 10: Men and Women Aching for God; January 11: The Hymn of Love; January 12: Change People, and Times Will Be Changed; January 13: Conceive Christ by Faith; January 14: Dreams and Reality; January 15: Be Like the Deer; January 16: Observe the Local Custom; January 17: Possess What You Need; January 18: Keep on Moving; January 19: The Treasures of Scripture; January 20: The Grace of God; January 21: Knowledge by Writings; January 22: Getting Dressed; January 23: Avoid Pride and Grasp Wisdom; January 24: My Weight Is My Love; January 25: The Faith of Abraham; January 26: Renewed by Love; January 27: The Sensitive Person; January 28: Prayer from the Heart; January 29: Love God's Creation; January 30: Putting Up with All That is Annoying; January 31: The Meaning of Good People

February:: February 1: Call Upon the Lord; February 2: The Christ of the Temple; February 3: Be within the Law; February 4: Don't Turn Your Back on God; February 5: Living Together and Marriage; February 6: The Delight of Friendship; February 7: Praising God; February 8: Good Pupils; February 9: Abstain and Sustain; February 10: The Marks of Good Superiors; February 11: Take Account of Failures; February 12: The Force of Habit; February 13: A Cheap Old Song; February 14: The Inner Teacher; February 15: The Lesson of Ashes; February 16: God's Mercy is Our Hope; February 17: You Approached Me; February 18: The Inner Light; February 19: Maintaining Sound Doctrine; February 20: Hold Fast to the Love of God; February 21: Let the Better Love Take Over; February 22: True Priestly Service; February 23: The Value of Mortification; February 24: Excess in Eating and Drinking; February 25: Temptations out of the Past; February 26: True Fasting; February 27: Everything Works Together for Charity; February 28: Pride--the Beginning of All Sin

March:: March 1: The Promised Gift; March 2: Life Entails Change; March 3: Bear One Another's Burdens; March 4: Causes of Punishment; March 5: Our All-powerful Physician; March 6: Jesus Overcame the Curse; March 7: We Pray to Him, through Him, and in Him; March 8: Daily Progress toward God; March 9: God Calls Us to Conversion; March 10: Tomorrow May Never Come; March 11: The Lord Turns Us toward Him; March 12: The Gift of Being Good; March 13: The Mercy of the Shepherd; March 14: Lent--the Epitiome of Our Whole Life; March 15: Daily Remedy for Sin; March 16: Perseverance in the Midst of Trials; March 17: Granting Pardon; March 18: Asking Forgiveness of Others; March 19: It Is God Who Initiates Conversion; March 20: Help for a Complete Conversion; March 21: Christ's Cross Abides Forever; March 22: Life through Death; March 23: God Has Died for Us; March 24: The Glory of the Cross; March 25: Hail, Full of Grace; March 26: Acknowledging Sins against Others; March 27: Restraining Fleshly Desires; March 28: The Lesson of Three Crosses; March 29: The Nails of Christ; March 30: Fraternal Correction; March 31: The Sacrifice of Christ

April:: April 1: The Crucifixion is Always Lived; April 2: The Importance of Intention; April 3: Head and Members Pray; April 4: The Human Cry of Jesus; April 5: God First Loved Us; April 6: Without Christ We Can Do Nothing; April 7: Our Human Weakness Overcome in Christ; April 8: God Makes Me Good; April 9: Made Anew; April 10: Bearing One Another's Burdens; April 11: Bearing Our Cross; April 12: The Lesson of Nature; April 13: Move On; April 14: Cross and Resurrection; April 15: Christ Died That You May Live; April 16: Christ's Resurrection; April 17: Be an Ant of God; April 18: The Kiss of Peace; April 19: Give What You Have; April 20: Our Brother in Heaven; April 21: Life--the Intermediate State; April 22: Inner Conflict; April 23: The Choice is God's; April 24: Turn Your Steps Homeward; April 25: Christ's Example; April 26: We Call Upon You; April 27: Love Your Brother and Sisters; April 28: Abiding in Christ; April 29: Possessed by the Lord; April 30: The Beauty of Creation

May:: May 1: Forgive--Give; May 2: The Following of Christ; May 3: How to Love God; May 4: Christian Grief for a Saintly Mother; May 5: Solace in God; May 6: Prayer from the Heart; May 7: Withdrawal from God; May 8: Spiritual Progress Draws Detractors; May 9: Love the Church--Receive the Spirit; May 10: Possessing the Scriptures; May 11: Love Your Neighbor--Receive the Spirit; May 12: A Foretaste of Heavenly Beauty; May 13: The Way of Charity; May 14: Sign of Love; May 15: Studying the Scriptures with Humility; May 16: Recognize Christ; May 17: Never Tire of Trying; May 18: Value of Augustine's "Confessions"; May 19: Thanks Be to You; May 20: Christ Has Put an End to Fear
May 21: The Right Hand of the Father; May 22: Christ Is Our Way; May 23: The Path of Christ; May 24: Love, and Do What You Will; May 25: Seek What Is Better; May 26: Spiritual Power of the Sacrament; May 27: The Holy Spirit Animates Us; May 28: Gossipers Stir Up Disharmony; May 29: Spiritual Growth through Temptations; May 30: In Heaven But Still on Earth; May 31: Eat Life -- Drink Life

June:: June 1: Head in Heaven, Body on Earth; June 2: Christians in Name Only; June 3: God, Creator of Rich and Poor; June 4: Pride Can Destroy; June 5: The Gift of Celibacy; June 6: Gift for the Clergy; June 7: The Catholic Church; June 8: The Spirit Gives Life; June 9: The Spirit of Love; June 10: Receive What You Are; June 11: Sing and March; June 12: The Call of Augustine to Ministry; June 13: The Church Cries Out for Help; June 14: The Spirit Within; June 15: The Body of Christ; June 16: Awake Christ Sleeping in You; June 17: The Sea-Walker; June 18: Not on Your Own; June 19: Truth through Signs; June 20: Everything Becomes Light with Love; June 21: Question Your Heart; June 22: The Upright of Heart; June 23: The Eucharist Forgives Sins; June 24: Humility of John the Baptist; June 25: God the Father and Our Mother the Church; June 26: Live from God for God; June 27: Come and Be Filled; June 28: Prayer to Christ within Us; June 29: Peter, Figure of the Church; June 30: Act in the Proper Way

July:: July 1: One Teacher: Christ; July 2: Love the Whole Christ; July 3: Who Are the Proud?; July 4: Let Our Lives Be Good; July 5: Think Lowly; July 6: The Love of God and the Church; July 7: Lord, Save Me; July 8: The Power of Words; July 9: The Prayers of the Martyrs; July 10: See God in Your Neighbor; July 11: The Toil of Righteousness; July 12: A Gradual Knowledge; July 13: Leaders Are Servants; July 14: Admitting One's Weakness; July 15: Pray without Much Speaking; July 16: Your Good Name; July 17: Even in Waging War Be a Peacemaker; July 18: Not by Walking But by Loving; July 19: Special Times for Prayer; July 20: Two Kinds of People; July 21: The Devil's Entry: Cupidity and Fear; July 22: Our End; July 23: Love, the Guardian of Virginity; July 24: The Needs of the Church over Contemplation; July 25: My Purpose Is to Reach My God; July 26: Hungry for God; July 27: Two Cities; July 28: Love Reaches Out; July 29: Chaste Fear; July 30: The Common Store; July 31: Living in Unity

August:: August 1: The Healing Physician; August 2: Lift Up Your Hearts; August 3: Temperance; August 4: Not Every Sin Is Sinful; August 5: A Redeemer Fashioned for Us; August 6: You Are a Beggar of God; August 7: You Must Be Drawn; August 8: Prayer and Temptation; August 9: Christ's Members Follow the Head; August 10: Let Friends Help Us; August 11: Two Types of Fear; August 12: You Loved Me First; August 13: Rich and Poor -- Equal Births; August 14: Death Starts with Life; August 15: Mary and the Church; August 16: The Beauty of Singing; August 17: The Force of Habit; August 18: Perseverance into Old Age; August 19: The Providence of God; August 20: Legitimate Human Longing; August 21: Absence of Friends; August 22: Sing with Human Reason; August 23: Talents Are for Others; August 24: Praying for Others; August 25: Vocations in a Monastery; August 26: The Inner Voice; August 27: Caught Up in Ecstasy; August 28: For You I Am the Bishop; August 29: Love -- the Distinguishing Sign; August 30: Every Moment You Are Passing On; August 31: Light to My Lamp

September:: September 1: Christ Our Way; September 2: The Testimony of Creation; September 3: The Lord Is Within; September 4: Love of Neighbor; September 5: The Lord Builds the House; September 6: O Beauty, So Ancient and So New; September 7: Admiration for the Dedicated; September 8: Mary and the Church; September 9: Christ is Needy in His Followers; September 10: The One Vow All Must Make; September 11: The Way of Correction; September 12: Love the Creator in the Creature; September 13: Charity Constitutes Your Roots; September 14: Mystery of the Wooden Cross; September 15: Pride -- Beginning of an Evil Will; September 16: You Are a Work of God; September 17: One Goal; September 18: Removal of Social Evils by Education; September 19: True Superiors; September 20: Love for Sinners; September 21: The Fast and the Slow; September 22: We All Have One Teacher; September 23: Renewal in Christ; September 24: Putting a Vocation to the Test; September 25: The Grace of God; September 26: You Owe Love; September 27: Praying for Bodily Health; September 28: God's Correction Is for Our Good; September 29: Helping the Needy; September 30: Lead Us Not into Temptation

October:: October 1: Possess Us; October 2: Seek the Lord Within; October 3: Silence; October 4: Putting Up with Others; October 5: Counterfeits in the Church; October 6: Know Yourself; October 7: Seriousness of Study; October 8: Strength in Christ; October 9: Truth Dwells Within; October 10: Our True Homeland; October 11: Embracing the Gospel; October 12: Living the Common Life; October 13: Living Poverty; October 14: Seek the Lord; October 15: Brothers and Sisters at Peace; October 16: Bond of Fraternity; October 17: Praising God; October 18: The Harbor of Life; October 19: Faith Working through Love; October 20: Blessed the Peacemakers!; October 21: The Wedding Garment; October 22: The Eternal Jerusalem; October 23: Everyone Has Something To Give; October 24: Beauty in Material Things; October 25: Youth to Old Age; October 26: Pain for the Sake of Healing; October 27: The Object of Our Joy; October 28: Let Them Live Well; October 29: The Proving of Christians; October 30: The Need for Daily Bread; October 31: Request the Gift of God Himself

November:: November 1: The Holy Martyrs; November 2: Good Life--Fearless Death; November 3: True Health in Immortality; November 4: Fear Everlasting Punishment; November 5: Choose Not To Die Forever; November 6: Brief Teaching; November 7: Fear Only What You Can Avoid; November 8: Strength in God's Grace; November 9: We Are the Church; November 10: Warming the Cold One; November 11: The Miracle of Changes; November 12: Help the Incorrigible; November 13: Final Goal; November 14: Be Upright of Heart; November 15: Trust; November 16: Dig Deep; November 17: Friendship Is Godlike; November 18: A Rule of Life; November 19: The City of God Sighs for Heaven; November 20: Captivity and Liberation; November 21: Father and Judge; November 22: Pine for the Homeland; November 23: Christ Instructs Us in Silence; November 24: A Physician Who Does Not Charge; November 25: Our Judge; November 26: Love Eternal Life; November 27: The Eternal Jerusalem "on High"; November 28: Time of Mercy; November 29: Live for the Lord's Coming; November 30: Christ Makes Us Beautiful

December:: December 1: Love Will Sing; December 2: Let Us Wake Up!; December 3: The Final Rest; December 4: The Right Choice; December 5: Our Desire is Before God; December 6: Woe to Those Guided by Pride; December 7: St Ambrose, Servant of God; December 8: Mary, the Mother; December 9: Invite the Lord into Your Hearts; December 10: The Coming of Christ; December 11: Promises of God Fulfilled in Christ; December 12: Count of the Lord's Help; December 13: Contemplation and Activity; December 14: St. John the Baptist; December 15: Christ is the Way and the Haven; December 16: Clean Faces; December 17: Born of a Woman; December 18: Christ Our Mediator; December 19: Toward the Father; December 20: The Way Comes to You; December 21: Time of Healing; December 22: Humility Does the Will of God; December 23: You Can Now Reach Out; December 24: Humble yet Extraordinary; December 25: It is Christ's Birthday; December 26: God Became Man; December 27: Love One Another after Christ's Example; December 28: Take Advantage of Little Things; December 29: A Great Event; December 30: Mary and the Word; December 31: Son of Mary

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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