Gregory the Great, on Matt 25:46

“And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into life everlasting.”

“(ubi sup.) But they say, How can they be called Saints, if they shall not pray for their enemies whom they see then burning? They do not indeed pray for their enemies, so long as there is any possibility of converting their hearts to a profitable penitence, but how shall they pray for them when any change from their wickedness is no longer possible?”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.