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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Bede
His left hand is under my head, etc. By His left hand He designates the sacraments of His incarnation and the gifts of His presence; by His right hand, indeed, He symbolizes the rewards that the elect will receive in the future: among these is not only the vision of divine majesty, but also the glory of glorified humanity, and of the same one Mediator between God and men. …
Robert of Tombelaine
The left hand of Christ is held to be the present life, while the right hand is the blessed life. Moreover, our head is spiritually understood to be the mind. Therefore the Synagogue, now converted by the preaching of the Church, strengthened by examples, and uplifted by imitation, says: 'His left hand is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.' As if she were saying: since now at last I hold the faith of Christ, I experience his ineffable and desirable grace, and I feel a sweetness I did not know how to desire; now I set …
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