August 16, 2026
The Mercy of Older Words
An ancient prayer from Augustine for guidance, light, love.
Prayer is not an escape hatch from the world. In the older Christian writers, it is usually the opposite: a way of standing still long enough for God to tell the truth about the world and about us.
The old words are not museum pieces. They are tools with worn handles. Pick them up.
Source boundary: this post reflects on For Entire Love, attributed in the corpus to Augustine. No outside sources used.