Luke 2:28
Douay-Rheims
He also took him into his arms, and blessed God, and said:
Basil of Caesarea
(Hom. de grat. act.) If you examine the words of the righteous, you will find that they all sorrow over this world and its mournful delay. Alas me! says David, that my habitation is prolonged. (Ps. 120:5.)
Source details
A.D. 379 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 2:28-32
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.