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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"A feast is made for laughter, and wine gladdens life, but money answers everything. "I think that what follows relates to the preceding verses. For with regard to the sloth and the indolence of teachers the Church is lowered, and its roof is made to fall, and its timbers leak, as we have shown above. Therefore here he is speaking of the self-same teachers. …
Bonaventure
In laughter they make bread etc. Here thirdly he shows the unworthiness of the slothful and carnal man on account of the unseemliness of merriment, in which the carnal always wish to be, and on account of which they do everything that they do. Therefore he says: In laughter they make bread and wine. …
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