Day 57: Creation and the Sacraments (The Confessions of St. Augustine)

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🗓️ 27 November 2023

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Summary

St. Augustine continues through Genesis and the story of creation. He shows how creation, the Church and sacraments are connected. In considering Genesis 1:20 and 1:24, St. Augustine reveals how Baptism and the Holy Eucharist are intertwined. Fr. Jacob-Bertrand Janczyk and Fr. Gregory Pine discuss how it is through grace and conversion that individuals become lights of the world. Today’s readings are Book 13, Chapters 19-22.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Father Gregory Pine.
0:06.0	And I'm Father Jacob Bertram Jansik.
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0:14.4	greatest Saints and teachers. Each season will read through a great work,
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0:27.0	This season we are reading Ascension's edition of Confessions by St. Augustine.
0:30.0	A few reminders before we get started. To download the reading plan for
0:34.1	Confessions, visit ascension press.com slash Catholic Classics or text Confessions
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0:46.9	This is day 57.
0:47.9	Today we will be reading Book 13, chapters 19 through 22 in the Ascension Edition of the book.
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1:08.2	Before we get into the reading, a quick look at what we are covering today.
1:12.1	So moving through Genesis still with St. Augustine and the
1:15.6	creation accounts, he begins to show us how it is that creation and the church and the sacraments all work together and are intertwined.
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