The Spirit is the Ointment of Christ Because He is called the oil of gladness, the joining together of many graces giving a sweet fragrance. God the Almighty Father anointed Him the Prince of priests, [Who was] both according to the Law anointed in the body, and in truth was full with the virtue of the Holy Spirit from the Father above the Law. This is the oil of gladness, […]
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Ambrose: On the Duties of the Clergy
The Feast of Wisdom The feasting that Solomon speaks of has not to do with common food only, but it is to be understood as having to do with good works… The Lord has told us that He had this food alone in abundance, as it is written in the Gospel, “My food is to do the will of My Father which is in heaven.” In this food let us […]
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The Spiritual Sandal For, by the Law, when a man died, the marriage bond with his wife was passed on to his brother, or other man next of kin, in order that the seed of the brother or next of kin might renew the life of the house, and thus it was that Ruth, though she was foreign-born, but yet had possessed a husband of the Jewish people, who had […]
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