Sermon LXXVIII. On the Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Trinity, Opening

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SERMO LXXVIII.

IN DOMINICA XXIV POST TRINITATEM.

Est puer unus hic, qui habet quinque panes hordeaceos, et duos pisces. Joan. VI, 9.

Quatuor sunt hic notanda:

I. Quid per puerum qui quinque panes et duos pisces habuit, intelligatur? II. Quid per ipsos quinque panes et duos pisces exprimatur? III. Quae sint quinque milia hominum, quae ex panum et piscium fractione satiata leguntur? IV. Qui sint duodecim cophini, qui ex eisdem panibus et piscibus colliguntur?

De primo nota, quod per puerum istum Dei Filius intelligitur. Ipse enim est puer ille, de quo dicit Isa. XI, 6: Vitulus et leo, et ovis simul morabuntur, et puer parvulus minabit eos. Per vitulum qui olim Domino immolari solebat, intelliguntur boni Christiani carnis lasciviam propter Dominum in semetipsis mortificantes. Per leonem qui fortis est et robustus, notantur diabolo et peccatis strenue repugnantes. Per ovem, quod est animal simplex et patiens, significantur adversa hujus mundi propter Deum patienter et humiliter tolerantes. Hos itaque puer Jesus virga suae benignitatis minat ad pascua paradisi Domini.

SERMON LXXVIII.

ON THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

There is one boy here who has five barley loaves and two fishes. John VI, 9.

Four things are to be noted here:

I. What is understood by the boy who had five loaves and two fishes? II. What is expressed by the five loaves themselves and the two fishes? III. What are the five thousand human beings who are read to have been satisfied from the breaking of the loaves and fishes? IV. Who are the twelve baskets that are gathered from the same loaves and fishes?

Concerning the first, note that by this boy the Son of God is understood. For he is that boy concerning whom Isaiah XI, 6 says: The calf and the lion and the sheep will dwell together, and a little boy will lead them. By the calf, which once was accustomed to be immolated to the Lord, are understood good Christians mortifying the wantonness of the flesh in themselves for the Lord. By the lion, which is strong and robust, are noted those strenuously fighting against the devil and sins. By the sheep, which is a simple and patient animal, are signified those patiently and humbly tolerating the adversities of this world for God. Therefore the boy Jesus drives these with the rod of his kindness to the pastures of the paradise of the Lord.