o give you all the bread that you can touch and see is something that I cannot do. But this word is your portion. I give you the nourishment on which I myself subsist.

I am your fellow servant, not the father of the household.

Prayer. We did not exist when we were predestined, we were hostile when we were called, and we were sinners when we were justified. Then let us give thanks to God and not remain ungrateful.

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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