"Those who want to enlighten their neighbors must first be on fire within themselves"
Thomas of Villanova
If St Augustine had had a car, and liked bumper stickers, he'd likely have that one. For him, Christ is the center. Christ, in fact, not only the answer, he is everything for Augustine. Fr Tom Martin, a well-recognized Augustine scholar at Villanova University, takes every opportunity to emphasize the importance of Christ for St Augustine.
Focus on Christ
At the end of an interesting and informative talk on Augustineď's spirituality Fr Martin said that Augustine would be upset with us. And the audience wondered why. "We spent", he explained, "an hour and a half talking about Augustine, when Augustine would say we should have spent that time talking about Christ". (Read more here!)