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The Vision of St. Augustine
Augustine came up to him and asked him what he was doing.
“I’m going to pour the entire ocean into this hole,” the boy replied.
“What?” said Augustine. “That is impossible, my dear child, the sea is so great and the shell and the hole are so little.”
“That is true,” the boy said. “It would be easier and quicker to draw all the water out of the sea and fit it into this hole than for you to fit the mystery of the Trinity and His Divinity into your little intellect; for the Mystery of the Trinity is greater and larger in comparison with your intelligence than is this vast ocean in comparison with this little hole.”
And then the child vanished.
What does it mean?
Some say that St. Augustine had been talking with an angel sent by God to teach him a lesson on intellectual pride. Others say it was the Christ Child Himself who came to remind Augustine of the limits of human understanding in relation to the great mysteries of our Faith.

Mass Readings
June 2019
Sun the 16th: | Psalter III, Ordinary Time Week 11. Solemnity of The Holy Trinity. Exod 34:4-9; Dan 3:52-55; 2 Cor 13:11-13; John 3:16-18 Glorious mysteries | |
Mon the 17th: | 2 Cor 6:1-10; Ps 98:1-4; Ps 119:105; Matt 5:38-42 Joyful mysteries | |
Tue the 18th: | 2 Cor 8:1-9; Ps 146:2-9; John 13:34; Matt 5:43-48 Sorrowful mysteries | |
Wed the 19th: | Optional memorial of Romuald, abbot. Vigil of Solemnity of Corpus Christi. 2 Cor 9:6-11; Ps 112:1-9; John 14:23; Matt 6:1-18 Glorious mysteries | |
Thu the 20th: | Solemnity of Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi Readings: Deut 8:1-16; Ps 147:12-20; 1 Cor 10:16-17; John 6:51-58 2 Cor 11:1-11; Ps 111:1-8; Rom 8:15; Matt 6:7-15 Luminous mysteries | |
Fri the 21st: | Memorial of Aloysius Gonzaga, religious. 2 Cor 11:18-30; Ps 34:1-7; Matt 5:3; Matt 6:19-23 Sorrowful mysteries | |
Sat the 22nd: | Optional memorial of Paulinus of Nola, bishop; John Fisher, bishop and martyr; Thomas More, martyr. 2 Cor 12:1-10; Ps 34:8-13; 2 Cor 8:9; Matt 6:24-34 Joyful mysteries |
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