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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"For everything has its time and justice, for man's evil overwhelms him. Indeed he does not know what will happen, for when it happens , who will tell him? "Many good and bad things can befall a man, but even a righteous man is not able to know what will befall him, or know the causes and reasons for each thing, (for no one can know what will happen), but he does know that all things are done by God to the advantage of man, and nothing is done without His will. …
Bonaventure
And the wise man does well who considers the opportune time; which he proves when he brings forth: To every matter, that is, in every matter, there is a time and an opportunity, and much affliction of man, supply: in diligently considering these things; above, chapter 3: "All things have their time, and all things pass away in their own intervals under the sun." For there is an opportunity of time for studying: Sirach 38: "Write wisdom in a time of leisure." There is also an opportunity for praying: Psalm: "At midnight I arose to …
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