Augustine Day by Day: January 15

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January 15

Be Like the Deer

harity makes us support one another in bearing our burdens. When the deer have to cross a river, each one of them carries on its back the head of the one following while it rests its head on the back of the one preceding.

In that way, supporting and helping each other, they are able to cross safely wide rivers, until they reach together the stability of the land.

-- Eighty-three Diverse Questions 71, 1

Prayer. O Lord, my God, pay heed to my prayer. Look with mercy on my desire, which is not concerned with myself alone, but with my neighbor's good as well.

-- Confessions 11, 2

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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