Incarnation Meditations

He took to himself what He was not,
while remaining what He was;

He came to us in a man
without ever departing from the Father (in heaven);

He continued to be what He is
while appearing to us as what we are;

His divine power was confined in the body of an infant
without (His presence) being withdrawn from the (entire) universe.

—Augustine
Sermon in A. D. 396