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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
What then is that which our Lord says elsewhere, My yoke is easy, and my burden is light? (Matt. 11:30.) There is indeed no contradiction, but the one was said because of the nature of temptations, the other with respect to the feeling of those who overcame them. For whatever is troublesome to our nature may be considered easy when we undertake it heartily. …
Basil of Caesarea
For as in earthly life the departure from right is exceeding broad, so he who goes out of the path which leads to the kingdom of heaven, finds himself in a vast extent of error. (int. 241.). But the right way is narrow, the slightest turning aside being full of danger, whether to the right or to the left, as on a bridge, where he who slips on either side is thrown into the river. (Hom. …
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
Surely few are saved. You recall the question from the Gospel just read to us. The Lord was asked: Are there few who are saved? What did the Lord respond to this? He did not say: Not few, but many are saved. He did not say this. But what did He say when He heard: Are there few who are saved? Strive to enter through the narrow gate. Therefore, when He heard: Are there few who are saved? The Lord confirmed what He heard. Few enter through the narrow gate. …
Gregory the Dialogist
Now when He was about to speak of the entrance of the narrow gate, He said first, strive, for unless the mind struggles manfully, the wave of the world is not overcome, by which the soul is ever thrown back again into the deep.
Bede
Because many, I tell you, will seek to enter, and will not be able. They seek to enter provoked by the love of salvation, and will not be able deterred by the harshness of the journey. They seek this out of ambition for rewards, from which they soon flee because of the fear of the burdens. …
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