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Job 38:41

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Gregory the Dialogist

Who prepareth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry to God, wandering because they have not meat? 28. For what is designated by the name of the raven, and its young ones, but the Gentile world blackened with sin? Of which it is said by the Prophet; Who giveth to beasts their food, and to the young ravens which call on Him. [Ps. 147, 9] For the beasts receive food, when minds before brutal, are satiated with the food of Holy Scripture. …

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Thomas Aquinas

There is also another wonderful thing observed in the birds as we see in the crow. For one expert says that, "the crow does not feed the chicks when they leave their eggs until she sees their feathers turn dark knowing from their feathers that they are hers." So she does not give any food to them for seven days, but they are sustained by natural strength given to them by God, and so he says, "Who prepares food for the crow when her little ones cry out to God stretching out?" looking here and there, "because they do not have food," as …

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