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Advent Sermons of Saint Augustine: Truth Has Arisen From the Earth

 

 

 

In our third look this Advent at sermons of Saint Augustine, he describes for us what the coming of Christ means:

 

Awake, mankind! For your sake God has become man. Awake, you who sleep, rise up from the dead, and Christ will enlighten you. I tell you again: for your sake, God became man.

You would have suffered eternal death, had he not been born in time. Never would you have been freed from sinful flesh, had he not taken on himself the likeness of sinful flesh. You would have suffered everlasting unhappiness, had it not been for this mercy. You would never have returned to life, had he not shared your death. You would have been lost if he had not hastened ‘to your aid. You would have perished, had he not come.

Let us then joyfully celebrate the coming of our salvation and redemption. Let us celebrate the festive day on which he who is the great and eternal day came from the great and endless day of eternity into our own short day of time.

He has become our justice, our sanctification, our redemption, so that, as it is written: Let him who glories glory in the Lord.

Truth, then, has arisen from the earth: Christ who said, I am the Truth, was born of the Virgin. And justice looked down from heaven: because believing in this new-born child, man is justified not by himself but by God.
Truth has arisen from the earth: because the Word was made flesh. And justice looked down from heaven: because every good gift and every perfect gift is from above.

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Philip Nachazel
Philip Nachazel
Sunday, December 17, AD 2017 5:04am

This morning, looking out over our backyard, the spectacular Aurora Borealis is lighting up the Northern sky. A weak comparison to the Eternal Light that enters into man’s heart, yet the awe and contemplation of God’s work is manifested none the less.

Awake, mankind!.. exclaims Augustine.
Awake and see his goodness, the splendor of His righteousness. His Light. His works.

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