Augustine of Hippo Sermons
Sermons by Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo Sermons
Sermons by Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. You know well, beloved, that we all have one Master and are fellow disciples under Him. We are not your masters, even though we speak to you from this elevated place. Our one Master dwells in all of us. He just now spoke to us all through the Gospel, and He…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. When someone faces trouble and their own resources fail them, they look for a wise person from whom to seek counsel. Let us imagine the whole world as a single person. This person seeks to escape evil yet is slow to do good. As troubles increase and their r…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. What our Lord Jesus Christ spoke to His disciples in those days was recorded for us to hear. So we have heard His words. What good would it be if He were seen but not heard? And now it's no loss that He is not seen, as long as He is heard. He says, "Whoever…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. The question that Jesus proposed to the Jews is one that Christians should be able to answer. For the Lord Jesus Christ, who proposed it to the Jews, did not solve it for them. For the Jews, I mean, He did not solve it—but for us, He has. Let me remind you,…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. All of you who are seeking many words from a mere man, understand the One Word of God: "In the beginning was the Word" (John 1:1). Now, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Genesis 1:1). But, "The Word was," since we have heard, "In the…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. Holy Scripture readings have been presented to us. We should both listen to them and reflect on them with the Lord's help. In the Apostolic reading, thanks are given to the Lord for the faith of the Gentiles—of course, because it was His work. In the Psalm…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. In explaining the Holy Scriptures to you, I am, as it were, breaking bread for you. Receive it with hunger, and overflow with fullness of expression from your hearts. You who are enriched by this feast, don't be stingy in good works and deeds. What I distri…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. All the faithful know the parable of the king's son's wedding and the feast. The Lord's Table is open to all who will come. But what matters is how each person approaches, even when not forbidden to approach. The Holy Scriptures teach us that there are two…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. What the Lord has commanded seems hard and burdensome when He says, "Whoever wants to come after Me must deny himself" (Mark 8:34). But what He commands is not hard or burdensome when He helps us to do what He commands. For both these statements are true: "…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. Both yesterday and today you have heard the parables of the sower from our Lord Jesus Christ. Those who were present yesterday should recall this today. Yesterday we read about the sower who scattered seed. Some "fell by the wayside," which birds picked up.…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. You know well, holy brothers and sisters, as we do, that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is the Physician of our eternal health. For this purpose, He took on the weakness of our nature so that our weakness would not last forever. He assumed a mortal body t…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. We heard in the Gospel that the Lord, rejoicing greatly in Spirit, said to God the Father, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for so it…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. May He who has awakened your expectation fulfill it! Though I feel confident that what I have to say is not my own but God's, I still say what the Apostle Paul said in his humility: "We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. The words of our Lord Jesus Christ which we have just heard from the Gospel teach us that in the midst of our many activities in this life, there is one goal we should be pursuing. We pursue this goal while still on pilgrimage, not yet in our permanent home…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. The Gospel reading about the Lord Christ walking on the waters of the sea—and the Apostle Peter, who began to sink as he walked because of fear, but rose again through confession—teaches us that the sea represents the present world, and the Apostle Peter re…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. The divine words we have just heard teach us both in fearing not to fear, and in not fearing to fear. You noticed when the Holy Gospel was being read that our Lord God, before He died for us, wanted us to be steadfast—doing this by instructing us "not" to f…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. When the holy Gospel was being read, we heard that the Lord was welcomed into the home of a devout woman named Martha. While she was busy with serving, her sister Mary sat at the Lord's feet, listening to His word. One was active, the other was still; one w…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. The Lord Jesus has instructed us to be good trees so that we may be able to bear good fruit. He says, "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for a tree is known by its fruit" (Matthew 12:33). When He says…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. The miracles of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ make an impression on all who hear of and believe them, but they affect different people in different ways. Some are amazed at the miracles He performed on human bodies, yet have no insight to discern the gre…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. When the Holy Gospel was being read, we heard that the Lord Jesus exulted in Spirit and said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes" (Matthew 11:25). Be…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. The Gospel lesson has just sounded in our ears and made us eager to understand the meaning of what was read. I believe this is what you expect from me, and with the Lord's help, I promise to explain it as well as I can. Without doubt, these miracles were no…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. We have heard the words of the holy Gospel, and what the Lord Jesus says: "If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true" (John 5:31) may confuse some. How can the witness of the Truth not be true? Is He not the one who said, "I am the Way, the Truth,…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. You have heard from the Holy Gospel a parable well suited to this season of the harvest. Now is the time of the physical vintage, but there is also a spiritual vintage when God rejoices in the fruit of His vineyard. We cultivate God, and God cultivates us.…
Augustine of Hippo • 400
1. Many people, beloved, are often perplexed by what appears to be contradictory guidance from our Lord Jesus Christ in His Sermon on the Mount. First He says, "Let your light so shine before others, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in…
