“Divine Scripture commands that, when we have been invited to a rich man's banquet, we should with understanding put forth our hand to the dishes. And so for us too the banquet of Scriptures has been set out as a rich man's feast. We have come into a meadow; it has very many flowers: here the rose is red, there the lil…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 11, on Psalm 77
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1Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
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— Psalms 78:1 —
2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
3Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.