Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee.

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Great art Thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Thy power, and Thy wisdom infinite. And Thee would man praise; man, but a particle of Thy creation; man, that bears about him his mortality, the witness of his sin, the witness that Thou resistest the proud: yet would man praise Thee; he, but a particle of Thy creation. Thou awakest us to delight in Thy praise; for Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee.

Source Confessions, Book I, §1 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Saint Augustine, at the very beginning of his Confessions, the human being, however small and fragile, was made for God: that is why the heart remains restless as long as it does not find its rest in Him. Today, when you feel agitation or dissatisfaction, take a minute to entrust it to God and seek this rest rather than one more distraction.

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