But remember, O Lord, that we are dust, and out of dust you made us, and we were lost and are found. Nor could Paul do it of himself, because he was of the same dust, whom I so loved to hear saying through the breath of your inspiration: “I can do all things,” says he, “in [Christ] who strengthens me.” Strengthen me that I also may be able.

—Augustine, Confessions 10.31