DAILY CONTEMPLATION

November 1, 2025 ~ Paope 22, 1742

As then, my beloved brethren, Christ had once not been born of a Virgin,
but His birth was promised, and He was born;
He had once not done His miracles, they were promised, and He did them.
He had not yet suffered, it was promised, and so it came to pass.
He had not risen again, it was foretold, and so fulfilled.
His Name was not throughout the world, it was foretold, and so fulfilled;
the idols were not destroyed and broken down, it was foretold, and so fulfilled.
Heretics had not assailed the Church, it was foretold, and so fulfilled.
So also the Day of Judgment is not yet, but seeing it has been foretold, it shall be fulfilled.
Can it be that He who in so many things has shown Himself true,
should be false touching the Day of Judgment?
He has given us a bond of His promises.
For God has made Himself a debtor, not by borrowing; but by promising…
If He who has vouchsafed to give us this security, were to make a reckoning with us and say,
“Read My debts, the debts, that is, of My promises, and reckon up what I have already paid,
and reckon also what I still owe;
see how many I have paid already; and what I owe is but little;
will you for that little that remains, think Me an untrustworthy promiser?” 
What should we have to answer against this most evident truth?
St. Augustine