“The foundation of virtue is faith, and we place it as a center. Faith is "as the morning star in the midst of a cloud." To this star the Christian rises after being lifted up from the waters of baptism. He enters darkness, and this darkness of faith is accompanied by a mysterious light. Now this foundation is that by…”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 1
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6He was as the morning star in the midst of a cloud, and as the moon at the full:
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4He took care of the temple that it should not fall, and fortified the city against besieging:
5How was he honoured in the midst of the people in his coming out of the sanctuary!
— Sirach 50:6 —
7As the sun shining upon the temple of the most High, and as the rainbow giving light in the bright clouds:
8And as the flower of roses in the spring of the year, as lilies by the rivers of waters, and as the branches of the frankincense tree in the time of summer: