Matthew 5:3
Douay-Rheims
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
John Chrysostom
Or, the poor in spirit may be those who fear and tremble at God’s commandments, whom the Lord by the Prophet Isaiah commends. Though why more than simply humble? Of the humble there may be in this place but few, in that again an abundance.
Source details
A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:1-3
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.