Augustinian Values: LOVE. FRIENDSHIP. PRAYER

Augustinian Values are Christian Values which Augustine lived and taught in the conviction that such values contribute to the fulfilment of the Lord’s two-fold commandment of Love in the spirit of the Beatitudes. Among the 10 Augustinian Values, I choose Love, Friendship and Prayer which I think have molded me to become a better person.
 


 First is Love. Love is the pursuit, the possession, and the enjoyment of the Good. It is the most important thing in our lives because without love we lose hope, opportunity and enjoyment in our daily lives. As an Augustinian student, I learned to Love more to my family, friends, classmates, fellow Augustinians and special someone without any condition. With love I can accept the imperfection of a person and with love I can show to the people who really I am. A true meaning of Love is God because his love is beyond compare.
According to Saint Augustine, to love God is “to attain the peace which is yours.” 


 
Second is Friendship. Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between two or more people. True friendship is one that the Lord grants for those who love each other in Him. In this University I found my friends who truly are, they cheers me up when I felt stress. They make me laugh when I felt sad. They help me when I have a problem. And we treat each other as equal person. A friend is a precious like a diamonds that it is very hard to find.

And lastly is Prayer. Prayer is encounter with God in Love. It is a dialogue. It is a spontaneous expression of our faith. It is necessarily as breathing, and it comes from man’s need of God, hence it is a cry that one raises to the Lord. Being an Augustinian, prayer helps me to become a stronger person because I know that God always at my side wherever I’ll go and I felt being safe. Just have faith and trust with God because he will answer your prayer.