{"id":66265,"date":"2025-08-28T13:24:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hospitalarias.org\/celebrating-saint-augustine-protector-of-our-congregation\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T13:24:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:24:59","slug":"celebrating-saint-augustine-protector-of-our-congregation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hospitalarias.org\/en\/celebrating-saint-augustine-protector-of-our-congregation\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Saint Augustine, Protector of Our Congregation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cLate have I loved You, Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved You!… You were with me, but I was not with You.\u201d (Confessions)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

El Padre Benito Menni nos lo confi\u00f3 como protector de la Congregaci\u00f3n (C. del P. Menni 600); y nos invitaba a seguir su ejemplo:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLord, I distrust myself, but give me what You will and command what You will; grant me the grace and the strength to suffer and to do what You will.\u201d
(C. del P. Menni 451)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The Rule of Saint Augustine has been, since our beginnings, a Gospel path for the Congregation, which\u2014together with our Constitutions\u2014guides us to live our hospitalarian identity with faith and devotion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prayer through the intercession of Saint Augustine<\/b><\/p>\n

God our Father, we thank You,
for in Saint Augustine You have given us a model and an inspiration
to journey tirelessly toward You.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grant that our hearts may not rest until they rest in You;
may fraternal charity grow among us,
and may we live our hospitalarian mission with fidelity and love.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Through Christ our Lord. <\/span><\/p>\n

Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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