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Isaiah 56:5

Eastern Fathers

Cyril of Alexandria

The house and wall that are strength and security seem to describe the church that is above somewhere in the heavens, that is, over the earth. People dwell there who have grown in holiness and virtue and who shine forth and receive the honor of self-control along with a greater inheritance. They receive from God an eternal glory. There is nothing lacking of grace in them. For the rewards of self-control are great. …

Commentary On Isaiah 5:3.56:3-5 ↗

Western Saints

Ambrose of Milan

And what could be greater than the reward the Lord bestowed upon His mother, whom He honored above all others? For He deemed no gift more abundant than virginity, as Scripture teaches us. For thus the Lord spoke through Isaiah: Let not the eunuch say, I am but a dry tree. …

On the Instruction of the Virgin and the Perpetual Virginity of Mary, 6.45 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Within my walls, a place, that is, a dwelling within the walls of my city; and a name better, because they will be called my servants and holy ones, and sons, that is, as if they had begotten many sons: the eunuch, that has not wrought iniquity (Wis 3:14). Note on the words, I will give to them . . . …

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