July 4, 2026
The Mercy of Older Words
An ancient prayer from Augustine for love, holiness, love.
Some prayers do not decorate the soul. They undress it. That is part of their kindness.
So the invitation is simple: do not merely admire the sentence. Borrow it. Pray it until it starts telling the truth in your own voice.
Source boundary: this post reflects on For Obedience and Love, attributed in the corpus to Augustine. No outside sources used.