Friday, January 1, 2021

The womb of one woman (St. Augustine)


   Him whom the heavens cannot contain, the womb of one woman bore. She ruled our ruler; she carried him in whom we are; she gave milk to our bread.  

--St. Augustine 

Image source: Michelangelo, The Madonna of the Steps (Casa Buonarroti, Florence), https://100swallows.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/michelangelo%E2%80%99s-only-low-relief/ 
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