July 1, 2007 Saint Augustine

Great are Thou, O Lord and greatly to be praised; Great is Thy power, and of Thy wisdom there is no end. And man, being a part of the Thy creation, desires to praise Thee- Man, who bears about with him his mortality, The witness of his sin, even the witness that Thou "resistest the proud"- Yet man, this part of Thy creation, desires to praise Thee. Thou movest us to delight in praising Thee; For Thou hast formed us for Thyself, And our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee. Saint Augustine This is an illuminated text inspired by the Bromeliad standing above it. I used cut paper and pasted it onto the original. In college we read Augustine's Confessions many times and I highlighted nearly every other line. The last line in this passage always resounds true in my ear.