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Volume 13 · p. 241
Sermon LXI, Conclusion
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De secundo nota, quod per septem sportas reliquas panum ac piscium repletas intelliguntur septem dotes animae et corporis, quae dabuntur illis, qui per nutrimentum septem donorum Spiritus sancti, et per refectionem ac consolationem fidei et spei pervenerunt ad patriam claritatis aeternae. Sunt autem hae dotes, claritas, agilitas, subtilitas, impassibilitas, cognitio, dilectio, fruitio. Primae quatuor glorificato corpori dabuntur. Tres ultimae felici animae conferuntur.
Rogate ergo Dominum, ut per dona sancti Spiritus, et per fidem et spem, sic in via hujus mundi sustentemur, ut etiam coram Deo de septem dotibus collaetemur. Quod nobis praestare dignetur idem Jesus per saecula benedictus. Amen.
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Concerning the second, note that by the seven remaining baskets filled with loaves and fishes are understood the seven dowries of soul and body, which will be given to those who, through the nourishment of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit and through the refreshment and consolation of faith and hope, have come to the homeland of eternal brightness. But these are the dowries: brightness, agility, subtlety, impassibility, knowledge, love, enjoyment. The first four will be given to the glorified body. The last three are conferred upon the happy soul.
Therefore ask the Lord that through the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and through faith and hope, we may be so sustained on the way of this world that also before God we may rejoice together concerning the seven dowries. May the same Jesus, blessed forever, deign to grant this to us. Amen.
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