St. Augustine of Hippo on the Incarnation:
But in order to succour us, “The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.” What is “the Word was made flesh”? The gold became grass. It became grass for to be burned ; the grass was burned, but the gold remained; in the grass it perisheth not, yea, it changed the grass. how did it change it? It raised it up, quickened it, lifted it up to heaven, and placed it at the right hand of the Father.
