Friday, June 23 : Saint Augustine

John’s father was struck dumb for not believing he would be born. The Virgin Mary believed and conceived Christ in faith… But I have set out the mystery first so that if I find myself incapable of plumbing all the depths of it either for lack of time or lack of skill the Holy Spirit will enlighten you. His voice will make itself heard in your heart, without mine; for he is in your mind and heart, you are his temples (cf. 1Cor 3,16). Zachary fell silent and lost the power of speech until John, the Lord’s precursor, was born and restored his speech… Zachary’s tongue was loosened because a voice was born. When John was announcing our Lord’s coming he was asked: “Who are you?” He replied: “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness” (Jn 1,23). John was a voice, but in the beginning the Lord was the Word (Jn 1,1). John was a voice for a time: but Christ, who in the beginning was the Word, is the Word in eternity.

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