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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"A time to acquire and a time to lose. A time to keep and a time to throw away. "As is in many verses before the meaning is the same here too, which is apparent before and following this verse, in that he says: "A time to destroy and a time to build. " And then "A time to rend and a time to mend. …
Bonaventure
Regarding the use of possessions, he says: A time to acquire and a time to lose. We acquire through diligence, but lose through sloth; Proverbs 14: "The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears down even what was built with her own hands." Or a time to acquire in life, to lose in death: Job 20: "The riches which he gathered, he shall vomit up," etc. …
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