Luke 4:1
Douay-Rheims
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the desert,
Ambrose of Milan
There are three things which united together conduce to the salvation of man; The Sacrament, The Wilderness, Fasting. No one who has not rightly contended receives a crown, but no one is admitted to the contest of virtue, except first being washed from the stains of all his sins, he is consecrated with the gift of heavenly grace.
Source details
A.D. 397 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 4:1-4
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.