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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hand: for you know not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: But if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that which comes is vanity. "Do not choose which good deeds you do, but once you have started doing good, never stop. …
Bonaventure
In the morning sow etc. Here thirdly he exhorts to doing good unceasingly: and first the exhortation is set forth; second, the reason for the exhortation is added; and third, the recompense. He exhorts therefore to performing works of mercy unceasingly, for he says: In the morning sow your seed, that is, in the time of youth, because Lamentations 3: "It is good for a man when he has borne the yoke from his youth." And in the evening let not your hand cease, that is, in old age, as if to say that at every time and age good works are …
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