This was taken from Benedict XVI's latest encyclical "Spe Salvi."
Christ died for all. To live for him means allowing oneself to be drawn into his being for others.
For Augustine this meant a totally new life. He once described his daily life in the following terms:
“The turbulent have to be corrected,
the faint-hearted cheered up,
the weak supported;
the Gospel's opponents need to be refuted,
its insidious enemies guarded against;
the unlearned need to be taught,
the indolent stirred up,
the argumentative checked;
the proud must be put in their place,
the desperate set on their feet,
those engaged in quarrels reconciled;
the needy have to be helped,
the oppressed to be liberated,
the good to be encouraged,
the bad to be tolerated;
all must be loved”[
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