Saturday, February 10, 2024
Another Reminder
Augustine, Sermons 119.1 (Patrologia Latina, vol. 38, col. 673; tr. Edmund Hill, with his note):
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Just now the reading of the gospel reminded us of a great and divine mystery. Saint John, you see, belched forth this beginning of the gospel, because he had drunk it in from the Lord's own breast.2Id. 119.2 (Patrologia Latina, vol. 38, col. 674):
2. Once more we must remind ourselves that fourth century Roman and North African sensibilities were not those of twentieth century middle class Europe and North America.
Modo nos admonuit evangelicum capitulum, magnum divinumque secretum. Hoc enim principium Evangelii sanctus Ioannes ructuavit, quia de pectore Domini bibit.
What preaching! What a belching forth of the rich nourishment of the Lord's breast!Related posts:
O praedicare! O saginam Dominici pectoris eructuare!
