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This great gift also Thou bestowedst, O my God, my mercy, upon that good handmaid of Thine, in whose womb Thou createdst me, that between any disagreeing and discordant parties where she was able, she showed herself such a peacemaker, that hearing on both sides most bitter things, such as swelling and indigested choler uses to break out into, when the crudities of enmities are breathed out in sour discourses to a present friend against an absent enemy, she never would disclose aught of the one unto the other, but what might tend to their reconcilement.
Source Confessions, Book Ix, §18 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Saint Augustine, his mother, Saint Monica, had received from God the gift of making peace: when bitter words were confided to her against someone absent, she repeated only what could bring people together and reconcile them. Today, if you hear someone being criticized, pass on nothing that wounds; instead, look for a true and kind word that can bring people closer.
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