Luke 10:21
Douay-Rheims
In that same hour, he rejoiced in the Holy Ghost, and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones. Yea, Father, for so it hath seemed good in thy sight.
Origen
For a feeling of deficiency is the preparation for coming perfection. For whoever by the presence of the apparent good perceives not that he is destitute of the true good, is deprived of the true good.
Source details
A.D. 253 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 10:21-22
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.