Matthew 5:24 (WEB)
leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Catechism · 6
The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
“He who lives by God's merciful love is ready to respond to the Lord's call: "Go; first be reconciled to your brother."” — Catechism footnote: Mt 5:24.
The Fifth Commandment
“Going further, Christ asks his disciples to turn the other cheek, to love their enemies.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 5:22-39; 5:44.
In the Fullness of Time
“…Father in secret, not heaping up empty phrases, prayerful forgiveness from the depths of the heart, purity of heart, and seeking the Kingdom before all else.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 5:23-24, 44-45; 6:7, 14-15, 21, 25, 33.
"Our Father Who Art in Heaven"
“If we are to say it truthfully, our divisions and oppositions have to be overcome.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 5:23-24; 6:14-15.
The Seven Petitions
“This petition is so important that it is the only one to which the Lord returns and which he develops explicitly in the Sermon on the Mount.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 6:14-15; 5:23-24; Mk 11:25.
“It is lived out in prayer, above all in the Eucharist.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 5:23-24; 1 Jn 3:19-24.
Fathers and councils · 27
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…thy brother hath ought against thee, leave thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then return and offer thy gift.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 23, 24.
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Jerome
“23, 24.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“The Lord says in the Gospel: “If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 23, 24.
Read the whole comment“In the gospel I read:—“if thou bring thy gift to the altar and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 23, 24.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XVI.6Conference XVI
“…thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift at the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. v. 23, 24.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XVI.15Conference XVI
“…brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. v. 22–24.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, The Institutes VIII.13Book VIII
“…thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift at the altar and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. v. 23, 24.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“…you have decided not to communicate with Gaius the presbyter of Didda, and his deacon; who, by communicating with the lapsed, and offering their oblations, have been frequently taken in their wicked errors; and who once and again, as you wrote to me, when warned by my colleagues not to do this, have persisted…” — editor's note: [At the Eucharist the alms and oblations were regarded in the light of Matt. v. 23, 24.]
Read the whole comment“Of this same thing in the Gospel according to Matthew: If thou wouldest offer thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave thou thy gift before the altar, and go; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift at the altar.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 23, 24. [I think this harmonizes with Heb. xiii. 10.]
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Gregory the Great
“But your Fraternity knows how the Truth says, If thou offerest thy gift before the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee, leave there thy gift, and go thy way to be first reconciled to thy brother, and then thou shalt come and offer thy gift (Matth. v. 23, 24).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For it is written, If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way first to be reconciled to thy brother, and then thou shalt come and offer thy gift (Matth. v. 23, 24).” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
““If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go away;first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 23, 24.
Read the whole comment“This, when He sat on the mount also, He advised; at one time bringing him who has given the pain to him that had been pained, and saying, “Be reconciled to thy brother,”and at another commanding him that had been wronged to forgive his neighbor.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 24. [But the citation is fuller: “If thou art standing by the altar and rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, go away, be reconciled,”…
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 23, 24
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Tertullian
“No one who is at variance with his brother in his mind, will finish offering his “duteous gift at the altar,” unless he first, with intent to “reconciliate his brother,” return to patience.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 23, 24.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Exceeding terror! but behold in the same place the remedy: “If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 23, 24.
Read the whole comment“For it is there said, “Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 23, 24.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Dicunt itaque ex iis quemdam, cum ad hostram virginem vultu formosam accessisset, dixisse: Scriptum est: “Da omni te petenti:” illam autem honeste admodum respondisse, ut quse non intelligeret hominis petulantiam: At tu matrem conveni de matrimonio.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 24; Luke vi. 30.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
If it be not lawful to be angry with a brother, or to say to him Racha, or Thou fool, much less is it lawful to keep in the memory any thing which might convert anger into hate.
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It is not, If thou hast ought against thy brother; but “If thy brother has ought against thee,” that the necessity of reconciliation may be more imperative.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
And he has somewhat against us when we have wronged him; and we have somewhat against him when he has wronged us, in which case there were no need to go to be reconciled to him, seeing we had only to forgive him, as…
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But if it is he that hath done you the wrong, and yet you be the first to seek reconciliation, you shall have a great reward.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
If love alone is not enough to induce us to be reconciled to our neighbour, the desire that our work should not remain imperfect, and especially in the holy place, should induce us.
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Lo He is not willing to accept sacrifice at the hands of those who are at variance. Hence then consider how great an evil is strife, which throws away what should be the means of remission of sin.
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See the mercy of God, that He thinks rather of man’s benefit than of His own honour; He loves concord in the faithful more than offering at His altar; for so long as there are dissensions among the faithful, their…
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
He bids us when peace with our fellow-men is restored, then to return to peace with God, passing from the love of men to the love of God; “Then go and offer thy gift.”
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If this direction be taken literally, it might lead some to suppose that this ought indeed to be so done if our brother is present, for that no long time can be meant when we are bid to leave our offering there…
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Cross-references · 24
Cited together in Catechism §2608.
Cited together in Catechism §2608 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Catechism §2608 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Catechism §2608.
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Cited together in Catechism §2608.
Cited together in Letters Letter 96.
Cited together in Catechism §2845.
Cited together in Catechism §2845.
Cited together in Catechism §2841.
Cited together in Catechism §2841.
Cited together in Catechism §2845.
Cited together in Catechism §2845.
Cited together in Letters Letter 13.
Cited together in Catechism §1424.
Cited together in Letters Letter 13 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Letters Letter 13.
Cited together in Catechism §2845.
Cited together in Catechism §2845.
Cited together in Catechism §2845.
Cited together in Catechism §2845.
Cited together in Catechism §2845.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 27.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 27.