Gregory the Great, on Luke 12:16

“And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: The land of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits.”

“(Mor. 15. c. 13.) O adversity, the child of plenty. For saying, What shall I do, he surely betokens, that, oppressed by the success of his wishes, he labours as it were under a load of goods.”

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