DAILY CONTEMPLATION

August 10, 2026 ~ Mesore 4, 1742

He can be found by means of the creation, as the apostle plainly says,
“For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen,
being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and glory;
so they are without excuse.”
And it follows, “Because that, when they knew God;”
he did not say, Because they did not know, but,
“​Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful;
but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”
How darkened? It follows, when he says more plainly:
“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools” [Rom 1:20-22].
They saw whither they must come; but ungrateful to Him who afforded them what they saw,
they wished to ascribe to themselves what they saw;
and having become proud, they lost what they saw,
and were turned from it to idols and images, and to the worship of demons,
to adore the creature and to despise the Creator.
St. Augustine