Augustine’s Christmas Blessing

Be   blessed today with the

Words of St. Augustine

That tell the wonders of

Incarnation so well:

“Man’s Maker was made man,

… That the Bread might hunger,

The Fountain thirst,

The Light sleep,

The Way  be tired on its journey;

That the Truth might be accused of false witness,

The Teacher be beaten with whips,

The Foundation be suspended on wood;

That Strength might grow weak;

That the Healer might be wounded;

That Life might die.” (Augustine of Hippo)

That’s the gift of Christmas to you.