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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Bede
He, anxiously pondering many things to himself, said: What shall I do? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. For once stewardship is taken away, we cannot dig, because, with this life ended, in which only we are permitted to work, we are no longer able to seek the fruit of good conversation, with the spade of devoted compunction. To beg is shameful. …
Bonaventure
Fourth, with regard to the imperfection of human weakness to be tolerated in the steward, it is added: And the steward said within himself: What shall I do, because my lord takes away from me the stewardship? For because the fear of judgment urges the mind to procure a remedy, therefore the steward, seeing that he is to be judged, seeks a remedy, according to that passage of Ecclesiasticus 18: "Before judgment prepare justice, and before sickness apply medicine, and before judgment examine yourself." And because the perfection of …
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