Rejoice in the Lord

By Augustine of Hippo

St. Augustine of Hippo is one of the most influential and recognizable figures in Church history. Based on his greatest spiritual works, including Confessions and City of God, Rejoice in the Lord is an ideal prayer companion for busy people who want to ground their spiritual life in Augustine’s timeless vision of the soul’s journey to God.

Requiring only a few minutes of your time each day, Rejoice in the Lord is an easy-to-use, thirty-day devotional that invites you to examine your heart, transform your desires, and discover the abiding joy of resting in the presence of God.

Each book in the 30 Days with a Great Spiritual Teacher series provides a month of daily readings from one of Christianity’s most beloved spiritual guides. For each day there is a brief and accessible morning meditation drawn from the mystic’s writings, a simple mantra for use throughout the day, and a night prayer to focus one’s thoughts as the day ends.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ave Maria Press
• Release date: Mar 12, 2021
• ISBN: 9781646800445

Augustine of Hippo

St. Augustine of Hippo (354–430) was a theologian, philosopher, and the bishop of Hippo Regius (in what is now Algeria) in North Africa. A convert to Catholicism, Augustine is one of the original four Doctors of the Church and helped lay the foundation of modern Christianity with his writings, which include Confessions, The City of God, and On Christian Doctrine.

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