# “Christ’s burden has wings” by Augustine of Hippo (A.D. 354-430)

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- Published: 2024-05-04T11:00:00-05:00
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“Shoulders are differentiated among themselves by the fact that some are weighed
down by a load of sins, while others bear the burden of Christ.

It was these willing shoulders that Christ was looking for when he said, ‘_My yoke
is kindly and my burden light_‘ (**Matthew 11:30**).

Every other burden oppresses you and feels heavy, but Christ’s burden lifts you 
up; any other burden is a crushing weight, but Christ’s burden has wings.”

–Saint Augustine, [_Expositions of the Psalms 51–72_](https://amzn.to/3UIFc2w), 
trans. Maria Boulding, ed. John E. Rotelle, _vol. 17, The Works of Saint Augustine:
A Translation for the 21st Century_ (Hyde Park, NY: New City Press, 2001), 186. 
Augustine is commenting on **Psalm 59:9**.

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