The Coming And The Way

Deus meus, immaculata est via eius. Deus meus non venit in homines, nisi mundaverint viam fidei qua veniat ad eos; quia immaculata est via eius. Eloquia Domini igne examinata. Eloquia Domini igne tribulationis probantur. Protector est omnium sperantium in se Et omnes qui non in seipsis, sed in illo sperant, eadem tribulatione non consumuntur; spes enim sequitur fidem. Sanctus Augustinus Hipponensis, Enarrationes In Psalmos, Psalm XVII Source: Migne PL 36.152

'My God, His way is undefiled.' 1 My God does not come to men, unless they have cleansed the way of faith, whereby He may come to them, because 'His way is undefiled.' 'The words of the Lord have been proved by fire.' The words of the Lord are tried by the fire of tribulation. 'He is the Protector of those who hope in Him.' And all that hope not in themselves, but in Him, are not consumed by that same tribulation. For hope follows faith. Saint Augustine of Hippo, Expostions On The Psalms, Psalm 17 1 Psalm 17.30