Matthew 5:1
Douay-Rheims
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and when he was set down, his disciples came unto him.
John Chrysostom (attributed)
Every man in his own trade or profession rejoices when he sees an opportunity of exercising it; the carpenter if he sees a goodly tree desires to have it to cut down to employ his skill on, and the Priest when he sees a full Church, his heart rejoices, he is glad of the occasion to teach. So the Lord seeing a great congregation of people was stirred to teach them.
Source details
as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:1-3
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.