Saturday, October 18, 2008

Imitation of St. Augustine...

This week we did an imitation of a description of God from Augustine's The Confessions. Our class instead described Aslan, the Christ figure in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe...

Here is the original, St. Augustine description....
What, therefore, is my God? What, I ask, but the Lord God? "For whom is Lord but the Lord himself, or who is God besides our God?" Most high, most excellent, most potent, most omnipotent; most merciful and most just; most secret and most truly present; most beautiful and most strong; stable, yet not supported; unchangeable, yet changing all things; never new, never old; making all things new, yet bringing old age upon the proud, and they know it not; always working, ever at rest; gathering, yet needing nothing; sustaining, pervading, and protecting; creating, nourishing and developing; seeking, yet possessing all things; Thou dost love, but without passion; art jealous, yet free from care; dost repent without remorse; art angry, yet remainest serene. Thou changest thy ways, leaving thy plans unchanged; thou recoverest what thou hast never really lost. Thou art never in need but still thou dost rejoice at thy gains; art never greedy, yet demandest dividends.

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