Augustine Day by Day: January 5

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January 5

The Virgin Mary

he virgin Mother gave birth from her fruitful womb and inviolate body to him who became visible for us, to him by whom while he was invisible she had been created.

While conceiving, she was a virgin, while giving birth she was a virgin, a virgin in her pregnancy, a virgin while carrying her son, a virgin forever.

-- Sermon 186, 1

Prayer. O Lord God, give us your Christ, let us know your Christ, let us see your Christ, not as the Jews saw him, and then crucified him, but as the angels see him and rejoice.

-- Commentary on Psalm 84, 9

Tradition Day By Day

The Augustinians - St. Thomas of Villanova Province

From John E. Rotelle, O.S.A., Augustine Day by Day: Minute Meditations for Every Day Taken from the Writings of Saint Augustine. Catholic Book Publishing Co. New York, 1986.

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