rothers and sisters, on this threshing floor grain can degenerate into chaff; and the chaff can be turned back into grain. These changes can take place daily.

This life is full of afflictions and consolations. Daily those who seemed good fall and perish; and again those who seemed evil are converted and live.

Prayer. I pray to you, God, whom no one lets go, unless deceived; whom no one seeks, unless taught; and whom no one finds, unless cleansed. Come mercifully to me.

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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