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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"Go, eat your bread with joy and drink your wine with a glad heart, for God has already approved your deeds. Let your garments always be white, and your head never lack oil. "Regarding the passage until that verse where he says: 'like fish caught in a fatal net, like birds seized in a snare, so are men caught in the moment of disaster when it falls upon them suddenly'. [Eccl. 9, 12.] Before I discuss them individually, it will be useful to link them together, so that it can be seen how all pertain to the same meaning. …
Bonaventure
"Go therefore and eat" etc. Here the third point is touched upon, namely the commendation of present delight, to the embracing of which he exhorts first according to taste; whence he says: "Go therefore and eat your bread with joy": by bread is understood everything that pertains to food. "And drink your wine with gladness": by wine, everything that pertains to drink. …
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