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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"So what I have seen to be good is that it is suitable to eat and drink and enjoy pleasure with all one's labour that he toils beneath the sun during the brief span of his life that God has given him, for that is his lot. Furthermore, every man to whom God has given riches and possessions and has given him the power to enjoy them, possess his share and be happy in his work: this is the gift of God. …
Bonaventure
And he adds the magnitude of the toil: "All the days of his life he eats in darkness," on account of loneliness; "and in many cares," on account of anxiety; "and in distress," on account of the scantiness of expenditures; "and sadness," on account of the necessity of expenditures. …
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