Blessed Augustine's commentary on the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 7
Third: Not condemning others 59 Since it is difficult for us to know the goal of others in hoarding temporal things... their hearts may be simple or […]
Third: Not condemning others 59 Since it is difficult for us to know the goal of others in hoarding temporal things... their hearts may be simple or […]
Fasting and Purity of Heart 40 The commandment concerning fasting also refers to purity of heart, which is the subject of our discussion. For when we fast, we should
1 The importance of purity of heart We finished talking about “mercy” in the first book, and now we begin talking about “purity of heart” and purity of…
Chapter Nineteen 56 Non-Resisting Evil You have heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” But I say to you, Do not resist.
Chapter Eleven 29 Satisfying Your Adversary Be quick to satisfy your adversary while you are on the road with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge.
Chapter One 1 General introduction to the Beatitudes (1) If a person meditated with piety and piety on the sermon spoken by our Lord Jesus Christ
23. Words and Actions “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father.”
18. Criticize your brothers! 1. “Do not judge. That you may not be condemned.” [Matthew 7:1] What then? Don't we blame those who commit sin? because
17. Life’s Needs and Divine Providence “Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They neither toil nor spin, yet I say to you, that not even Solomon
15. الثروة “لا يقدرُ أحد أن يخدم سيدين؛ لأنه إما أن يُبغض الواحد ويُحبّ الآخر، أو يُلازم الواحد ويحتقر الآخر”
13. Fasting 1. “And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to appear to people as fasting” [v. 16] Good here.
10. Almsgiving 1. “Beware that you do not do your alms before men, lest they wait for you” [Matthew 6:1]. Here the Lord God eradicates what