'Today truth has sprung up from the earth: Christ has been born of the flesh. Rejoice solemnly, and admonished by today, think also upon the everlasting day; with most firm hope desire the eternal gifts,' etc. It ends: 'He who for your sake took the form of a servant—in him let us receive liberty; he who for our sake sprang up from the earth—in him let us possess heaven,' etc. The Maurist Fathers gave it a place among the genuine sermons of Saint Augustine, as is clear from the Antwerp edition, column 623, and it is the ninth sermon on the Nativity of the Lord.