The following of Christ :

by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.

(excerpt from Sermon 64,5)

“Come, follow Me, says the Lord.

Do you love?

He has hastened on, He has flown on ahead. Look and see where. O Christian, don’t you know where your Lord has gone? I ask you: Don’t you wish to follow Him there? Through trials, insults, the cross, and death.

Why do you hesitate?

Look, the way has been shown you.”