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Thus there received me the comforts of woman's milk. For neither my mother nor my nurses stored their own breasts for me; but Thou didst bestow the food of my infancy through them, according to Thine ordinance, whereby Thou distributest Thy riches through the hidden springs of all things. Thou also gavest me to desire no more than Thou gavest; and to my nurses willingly to give me what Thou gavest them. For they, with a heaven-taught affection, willingly gave me what they abounded with from Thee. For this my good from them, was good for them. Nor, indeed, from them was it, but through them; for from Thee, O God, are all good things, and from my God is all my health.
Source Confessions, Book I, §5 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Saint Augustine, even the milk that fed him as a baby and the tenderness of his mother and nurses were gifts of God passing through them: all good comes from Him, and those who do us good are its channels. Today, as you eat a meal, think of the people through whom this good reaches you (those who grew, carried and cooked it) and thank them, aloud or in your heart.
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