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Jerome, on Matt 5:6
Jerome · c. A.D. 347–420
Matt 5:6 · Douay-Rheims
“Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.”
On this verse:
“It is not enough that we desire righteousness, unless we also suffer hunger for it, by which expression we may understand that we are never righteous enough, but always hunger after works of righteousness.”
PD · Catena Aurea: Commentary on the Four Gospels — St. Matthew
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