George Leo Haydock, on Tob 2:18

“For we are the children of the saints, and look for that life which God will give to those that never change their faith from him.”

“Saints; Abraham, &c. Thus Mathathias encouraged his children; (1 Machabees ii. 50.) and no argument can be more forcible. Dice puer virtutem ex me, verumque laborem Sis memor, et te animo repetentem exempla tuorum Et pater Æneas et avunculus excitet Hector. —–Virgil, Æneid xii. — Life eternal. These grand truths were more developed, as the Messias was nearer at hand.”

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