Day 40: Seeking Happiness (The Confessions of St. Augustine)

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🗓️ 10 November 2023

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Summary

True and enduring happiness is found only in God. St. Augustine examines the ways he looked for happiness in the wrong places, mainly in himself and in the pleasures of the world. He expresses repentance for not loving the Lord sooner, inspiring his famous prayer: “Late have I loved you, Beauty ever ancient and ever new, late have I loved you!” Fr. Jacob-Bertrand Janczyk and Fr. Gregory Pine challenge us to examine the ways we seek happiness in our lives. Today’s readings are Book 10, Chapters 22-30.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Father Gregory Pine.
0:06.0	And I'm Father Jacob Bertrand Jansik.
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0:27.0	This season we are reading Ascension's edition of Confessions by St. Augustine.
0:30.0	A few reminders before we get started. To download the reading plan for
0:34.1	Confessions, visit Ascension Press.com slash Catholic Classics or text Confessions to
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0:46.0	This is day 40.
0:48.0	Today we'll be reading Book 10,
0:50.0	chapters 22 through 30 in the Ascension Edition of the book.
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1:13.0	Okay, so before we get into the reading, a quick look at what we're covering today.
1:17.0	We're going to cruise through some shorter chapters.
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