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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"It is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of laughter." What sayest thou, I ask? Is it better to go where there is weeping, lamentation, and groans, and anguish, and so much sadness, than where there is the dance, the cymbals, and laughter, and luxury, and full eating and drinking? Yes, verily, he replies. And tell me why is it so, and for what reason? Because, at the former place, insolence is bred, at the latter, sobriety. …
Western Saints
Jerome
"It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will take it to his heart. "It is more useful to go to the rites of a funeral than to the house where there is a party, since at the house of mourning we are warned of our creator and of our mortality on account of seeing the dead body. But in the happiness of a party, even if we seem to have any fear, we lose it. …
Bonaventure
Here he prefers sadness to merriment: because the former, namely sadness, corrects, and merriment deceives. And therefore he says: "Anger is better than laughter," anger namely, by which one is angered at the sins of others: Hebrews 12: "He scourges every son whom he receives"; and Revelation 3: "Those whom I love, I rebuke and chastise." This anger is better than the laughter of dissimulation: Sirach 30: "Play with your son, and he will bring you sorrow": and therefore: "Anger is better." And the reason is given: "Because by the …
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