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Volume 13 · p. 402
LIII. Twenty-Fifth Sunday after the Feast of Trinity, Prayer
LIII. Dominica vicesima quinta post festum Trinitatis, Oratio. Cum sublevasset oculos Jesus, et vidisset quia multitudo maxima venit ad eum, dixit ad Philippum: Unde ememus panes, ut manducent hi 1? Domine Jesu Christe, quoniam prope est Pascha transitus mei, et panes emptitii carnalium illecebrarum comparati ducentis denariis, perditione scilicet corporis et animae, non sufficiunt ut unusquisque modicum quid accipiat: fac me levare oculos mentis ad te, et discumbere super faenum carnalis voluptatis, temporalis possessionis et gloriae, ut merear satiari quinque spiritualium panum refectione, timore divini judicii, horrore peccati, dolore contritionis, pudore confessionis, et labore satisfactionis: et duobus piscibus, stabilitate propositi, et desiderio in melius proficiendi: vel quinque panibus quos puer unus habet hic, scilicet humilitas quae meretur respectum gratiae Dei vacua impleri, intrare januam paradisi quae est secretaria Dei, et meretur gloriam exaltationis: et duobus piscibus, patientia scilicet contumeliarum, et injuriarum. Amen.
LIII. Twenty-Fifth Sunday after the Feast of Trinity, Prayer. When Jesus had lifted up his eyes and had seen that a very great multitude came to him, he said to Philip: Whence shall we buy breads, that these may eat 1? Lord Jesus Christ, since the Pasch of my passage is near, and the bought breads of carnal enticements, purchased for two hundred denarii, namely the perdition of body and soul, do not suffice so that each may receive some little thing: make me lift the eyes of the mind to you, and recline upon the hay of carnal pleasure, temporal possession, and glory, so that I may deserve to be satisfied by the refreshment of the five spiritual breads, by fear of divine judgment, horror of sin, sorrow of contrition, shame of confession, and labor of satisfaction; and by the two fishes, stability of purpose and desire of advancing into the better; or by the five breads that one boy has here, namely humility, which merits the regard of God's grace, empty things to be filled, to enter the gate of paradise, which is God's secret chamber, and merits the glory of exaltation; and by the two fishes, namely patience of insults and injuries. Amen.
Notes
- Compare John 6:5-13; Matthew 14:15-21; Mark 6:34-44; Luke 9:12-17. (Cf. Joan. VI, 5-13. Matth. XIV, 15-21. Marc. VI, 34-44. Luc. IX, 12-17.) ↩
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