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Bede the Venerable — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Mark 10:46-52

Patristic A.D. 735
Bede the Venerable · c. A.D. 672–735
“(ubi sup.) Therefore let us also imitate him, let us not seek for riches, earthly goods, or honours from the Lord, but for that Light, which we alone with the Angels can see, the way to which is faith; wherefore also Christ answers to the blind man, Thy faith hath saved thee. But he sees and follows who works what his understanding tells him is good; for he follows Jesus, who understands and executes what is good, who imitates Him, who had no wish to prosper in this world, and bore reproach and derision. And because we have fallen from inward joy, by delight in the things of the body, He shews us what bitter feelings the return thither will cost us.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Mark, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Mark 10:46-52 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1842) ↗

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