Merry Christmas from St. Augustine
Christmas is soon coming. Greetings with a word from Augustine of Hippo.
Man’s maker was made man,
that He, Ruler of the stars,
might nurse at His mother’s breast;
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 (Sermons 191.1)
‘Madonna’ by “Stushie” (John Stewart), Scotland: crayon and digital art, 2008
http://stushieart.com/tag/church-painting/
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