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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked? "Symmachus translates this passage in this way: "learn the word of God, because no one can correct what He has ruined". That is he supplies from the Holy Scriptures, or from thinking of the elements, to know and understand those things, which are done; but not to ask the causes and reasons why one thing is done in this way, or why it ought to have been done differently from the way in which it has been done. …
Bonaventure
This is the third instruction, in which he teaches that discretion must be exercised regarding times: because God did not make all times uniformly, but diversely, and man ought to dispose himself according to the diverse times. Therefore he says: "In the good day, enjoy good things," that is, work good with joy: Ecclesiasticus 14: "Do not defraud yourself of a good day, and let not a portion of a good day pass you by," because in this day there is place and time for working. …
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