St. Josemaria Institute Podcast How to Love: The Feast of St. Augustine
Aug 26, 2025
Msgr. Martin Schlag, a priest and spiritual guide, dives deep into how our love influences our spiritual lives. He draws inspiration from St. Augustine, exploring the relationship between love, virtue, and personal holiness. The conversation highlights how ordering love towards God leads to true freedom and authentic relationships. Msgr. Schlag emphasizes the importance of divine love as the foundation of community and societal values, offering a thought-provoking look at morality in creating a just world.
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Love As The Source Of Virtue
- Augustine makes love the fundamental principle shaping virtue and moral life.
- He reframes prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude as forms of love ordered toward God.
Virtues Grounded In Divine Love
- Augustine insists virtues must be rooted in divine love to be true virtues.
- He defines temperance, fortitude, justice, and prudence specifically in relation to God.
Love Like A Spiritual Gravity
- Augustine compares love to a natural law that moves souls like gravity moves bodies.
- He still emphasizes human free will and voluntary choice in loving rightly.
