“God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.”
― Augustine of Hippo, City of God
Panegyric: Saint Augustine is the figure of the great Bishop of Hippo (the city of Bona). His book City of God became a monumental theology of history as Augustine’s analysis is timeless and universal.
Paraphrastic: If our hands are full when God is trying to hand us blessings, our hands are probably full of things that we are addicted to. That also means our hearts, minds, attention, and interests are closed with addiction. Even though God’s blessings are much better than anything we can hold, we reject them with worthless things.
From the cause: When St. Augustine began to write this book was three years
― Augustine of Hippo, City of God
Panegyric: Saint Augustine is the figure of the great Bishop of Hippo (the city of Bona). His book City of God became a monumental theology of history as Augustine’s analysis is timeless and universal.
Paraphrastic: If our hands are full when God is trying to hand us blessings, our hands are probably full of things that we are addicted to. That also means our hearts, minds, attention, and interests are closed with addiction. Even though God’s blessings are much better than anything we can hold, we reject them with worthless things.
From the cause: When St. Augustine began to write this book was three years