Saint Augustine

                                                           I was SENSATIONALY DELIGHTED when I learned that Pope Lion was an "Augustine" .   On "war footing" I am a DEVOUT Jesuit, on societal footing I am a DEVOUT Franciscan, but on hedonist footing I am a DEVOUT Augustine .    

                            Before Saint Augustine became a Saint he lived among US as a quasi-hedonist and an Intellectual who was interested in ALL  the GREAT QUESTIONS of his Time .   He sought ANSWERS by confronting the Great Teachers  and was considered to be EARNEST in his Cravings .   But then there were all the Temptations that Life presented, the Booze, Broads and skank-ass REVELRY that indicated pure Hedonism .  Safe to say he was a devotee .  

                            Augustine was SOOO "out of whack" his Mom REFUSED to Baptize him UNTIL HE WAS IN HIS 20'S (30's ?) .   She wanted his Soul to be Pure  BEFORE he got Baptized   >THAT< was never gonna happen so she had to relent .   Of course he was Baptized and we know what happened after THAT .

                            I encountered St. Augustine in  Dr. Langer's "Western Civ." Class wherein The Confessions was recommended  Reading .   Once I began reading it I couldn't put it down .  It wasn't as if he devoted himself to "eroticising the landscape" but I could smell the fumes of stale wine when he described his drinking episodes --- he was THAT 'good' .   

                          Augustine AGONIZED over the "Great Questions" --- he committed to finding the ANSWERS with his Mind, Body Heart and Soul and in this he was RELENTLESS .   But here's his present-day Relevance :   SAINT Augustine wrote :  The City of God .   St. Augustine wrestled with GOVERNMENT ,  St. Augustine dealt in POLITICS .  How fucking GREAT is THAT ????? !!!!!