Friday, February 7 : Saint Augustine

“All the trees of the forest will exult for joy” (Ps 95[96]:12). A first time he came, and the trees of the forest exulted for joy. He will come again “to rule the world with justice” (v.13) and will find those who believed at his first coming exulting for joy, for he has come, … “He will rule the world with justice and the peoples with his truth.” Because you are unjust, shall not the judge be just? Because you are untruthful, shall not the truth be truthful? But if you want to meet a merciful judge, be merciful yourself before he comes. Forgive if someone has sinned against you; give away the possessions you possess in abundance. And what will you give if not that which you have from him? If you were giving from your own possessions then it would be generosity. But since you are giving what you have from him, it is restitution. “What do you possess that you have not received?” (1Cor 4:7) These are the sacrifices most pleasing to God: mercy, humility, thanksgiving, peace, charity. If these are what we bring, we shall wait with assurance for the coming of the judge, he who will “rule the world with justice and the peoples according to his truth.”

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