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Augustine of Hippo — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 11:9-13

Patristic A.D. 430

Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430

“(Serm. 105.) But He would not so encourage us to ask were He not willing to give. Let human slothfulness blush, He is more willing to give than we to receive.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 11:9-13 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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