The boundary lines have
fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a
delightful inheritance. - Psalm 16:6
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Artist: Jed
Gibbons
"God, in His promises to hear our prayers, is
desirous to bestow Himself upon us; if you find anything better
than Him, ask it; but if you ask anything beneath Him, you put an affront upon
Him, and hurt yourself by preferring to Him a creature which He framed: Pray in
the spirit and sentiment of love, in which the royal prophet said to Him, 'Thou,
O Lord, are my portion.' Let others choose to themselves portions among
creatures, for my part, You are my portion, You alone I have chosen for my whole
inheritance."
St Augustine of
Canterbury*
Not to be confused with St
Augustine of Hippo
Italian Benedictine monk
sent by Pope Gregory the Great as missionary to
England
First Archbishop of Canterbury
+605
Patron of England
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In a
letter to Augustine, Pope Gregory the Great wrote:
"He who would climb to a lofty height must go
by steps, not leaps."
St Augustine of Canterbury, pray for
us!
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