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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cyril of Alexandria
When our Lord said, The kingdom of God is within you, He would fain prepare His disciples for suffering, that being made strong they might be able to enter the kingdom of God; He therefore foretells to them, that before His coming from heaven at the end of the world, persecution will break out upon them. Hence it follows, And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, &c. meaning that so terrible will be the persecution, that they would desire to see one of His days, that is, of that time when they yet walked with Christ. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
That is, the Kingdom of God belongs to you as well, so long as I am with you. It belongs to you not only because you have believed in Me and followed Me, but also because you now live in perfect freedom from care, since I care for and think about you. But when I am no longer with you, such days will come that you will be given over to dangers, led before rulers and kings. …
Western Saints
Ambrose of Milan
He who knows the signs of the coming judgment also knows the end. Why would he not know? He is like flashing lightning, since as the Light, the Son of God illumines the inner part of the heavenly mystery. "In that hour," it says. He also knows the hour, but he knows it for himself, he does not know it for me. He then suitably asserts that the cause of the flood, fire and of the judgment proceeded from our sins, because God did not create evil, but our actions devised it for themselves.
Bede
And he said to the disciples: The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. This is the kingdom of God, which we hope for to see the day of Christ, and indeed one day, because in that glory of bliss, the prophet sighing said: For one day in your courts is better than a thousand (Psal. LXXXIII), there is no interruption of darkness, no memory at all of misery or pain, which have gone away, clouding the light of perpetual peace. …
Bonaventure
Secondly, as regards the approbation of the charity of the desiring disciples, he adds: And he said to his disciples: The days will come when you will desire to see one day of the Son of Man, namely days of tribulation, in which the desire for eternity is increased, according to that of the Psalm: "In the day of my tribulation I sought God, with my hands," etc. …
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