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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Then in particular: "and they brought the ass and the colt." By this is signified that they converted both Jews and Gentiles, as it says (Rom 1:14): "To the Greeks and to the barbarians, to the wise and to the unwise, I am a debtor." "And they laid their garments upon them." The garments are their virtues. …
Remigius of Rheims
Notwithstanding, it was possible that the Lord might have sate upon both animals. The Lord sitting upon the ass goes towards Jerusalem, because presiding over the Holy Church, or the faithful soul, He both guides it in this life, and after this life leads it to the view of the heavenly country. But the Apostles and other teachers set their garments upon the ass, when they gave to the Gentiles the glory which they had received from Christ.
Rabanus Maurus
Whence Matthew, who wrote his Gospel to the Jews, is the only one who mentions that the ass was brought to the Lord, to show that this same Hebrew nation, if it repent, need not despair of salvation,
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