Luke 2:22
Douay-Rheims
And after the days of her purification, according to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they carried him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord:
Bede the Venerable
(ubi sup.) Or the pigeon denotes simplicity, the turtle dove chastity, for the pigeon is a lover of simplicity, and the turtle dove of chastity, so that if by chance she has lost her mate, she heeds not to find another. Rightly then are the pigeon and turtle dove offered as victims to the Lord, because the simple and chaste conversation of the faithful is a sacrifice of righteousness well pleasing to Him.
Source details
A.D. 735 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 2:22-25
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.