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What the Fathers say

Mark 9:37

Eastern Fathers

Theophylact of Ohrid

See, how great is humility, for it wins for itself the indwelling of the Father, and of the Son, and also of the Holy Ghost.

Catena Aurea by Aquinas ↗

Western Saints

Bede

By which, He either simply shows, that those who would become greater must receive the poor of Christ in honour of Him, or He would persuade them to be in malice children, to keep simplicity without arrogance, charity without envy, devotedness without anger. Again, by taking the child into His arms, He implies that the lowly are worthy of His embrace and love. …

Catena Aurea by Aquinas ↗