Lucas 14
Origen of Alexandria · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Lucas 14:13-14
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] But mystically, he who shuns vain-glory calls to a spiritual banquet the poor, that is, the ignorant, that he may enrich them; the weak, that is, those with offended consciences, that he may heal them; the lame, that is, those who have wandered from reason, that he may make their paths straight; the blind, that is, those who discern not the truth, that they may behold the true light. But it is said, They cannot recompense thee, i. e. they know not how to return an answer. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 14:18
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] They who have bought a piece of ground and reject or refuse the supper, are they who have taken other doctrines of divinity, but have despised the word which they possessed. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 14:19
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] He who has bought five yoke of oxen is he who neglects his intellectual nature, and follows the things of sense, therefore he cannot comprehend a spiritual nature. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 14:20
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] He who has married a wife is he who is joined to the flesh, a lover of pleasure rather than of God. (1 Tim. 3:4.) — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 14:34-35
People of God are truly the salt of the earth. They preserve the order of the world. Society is held together as long as the salt is uncorrupted. If the salt lost its savor, it is neither suitable for the land or the manure pile. It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot. "He that has ears, let him hear" the meaning of these words. When God gives to the tempter permission to persecute us, then we suffer persecution. When God wishes us to be free from suffering even in the middle of a world that hates us, we enjoy a wonderful peace. We trust in the protection of him who said, "Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." — AGAINST CELSUS 8.70