On November 8, the Church remembers God's servant Johannes von Staupitz. "Johannes von Staupitz (ca. 1469-1524), vicar-general of the Augustinian Order in Germany and friend of Martin Luther, was born in Saxony. He studied at the universities in Leipzig and Cologne and served on the faculty at Cologne. In 1503, he was called by Frederick the Wise to serve as dean of the theological faculty at the newly founded University of Wittenberg. There Staupitz encouraged Luther to attain a doctorate in theology and appointed Luther to attain a doctorate in theology and appointed Luther as his successor to professor of Bible at the university. During Luther's early struggles to understand God's grace, it was Staupitz who counseled Luther to focus on Christ and not on himself.">Those who want to discuss predestination [...] should begin by thinking of the wounds of Christ [...] because God destined his son to suffer for sinners". And he adds: "there is no true repentance except that which begins with the love of justice and of God".
