Matthew 6:28

“Abandonment to the providence of the Father in heaven frees us from anxiety about tomorrow.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 6:25-34.

“In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus insists on the filial trust that cooperates with our Father's providence.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 6:25-34.

“Consider the lilies of the field;”—these precepts, and those which follow, are not inconsistent with the promised blessings of the law, which teaches that the just “shall eat their bread to the…” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 25–28.

“Matt. VI. 28, 29.” — the author cites it

“If you are careful for raiment the gospel bids you “consider the lilies;” and, if for food, to go back to the fowls which “sow not neither do they reap; yet your heavenly father feedeth them.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 26, 28.

“Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 25–34

“But if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is and to-morrow is cast into the oven, how much more shall He clothe you, O ye of little faith.!”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 28–30.

“But “think not,” says He, “about food;” and as an example of clothing we have the lilies.” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 28; Luke xii. 28.

“What if a man allege “indigence,” so as to profess that his flesh is openly prostituted, and given in marriage for the sake of maintenance; forgetting that there is to be no careful thought about food and clothing?” — editor's note: See Matt. vi. 25–34.

“…care about maintenance, unless it be that we distrust the promises of God, and (His) care and providence, who clothes with such grace the lilies of the field; who, without any labour on their part, feeds the fowls of the heaven; who prohibits care to be taken about to-morrow’s food and clothing, promising that He…” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 28–30.

Hom., xxii: Having shewn that it is not right to be anxious about food, He passes to that which is less; (for raiment is not so necessary as food;) and asks, “And why are ye careful wherewith ye shall be clothed?” He…

The things instanced are not to be allegorized so that we enquire what is denoted by the birds of the air, or the lilies of the field; they are only examples to prove God’s care for the greater from His care for the…

For lilies within a fixed time are formed into branches, clothed in whiteness, and endowed with sweet odour, God conveying by an unseen operation, what the earth had not given to the root. But in all the same…

He forbids not labour but carefulness, both here and above when He spoke of sowing.

And for the greater exaltation of God’s providence in those things that are beyond human industry, He adds, “I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.”

For, in sooth, what regal purple, what silk, what web of divers colours from the loom, may vie with flowers? What work of man has the red blush of the rose? the pure white of the lily? How the Tyrian dye yields to…

As widely as truth differs from falsehood, so widely so our clothes differ from flowers. If then Solomon, who was more eminent than all other kings, was yet surpassed by flowers, how shall you exceed the beauty of…

Or the meaning may be, that Solomon though he toiled not for his own raiment, yet he gave command for the making of it. But where command is, there is often found both offence of them that minister, and wrath of him…

Or; By the lilies are to be understood the eminences of the heavenly Angels, to whom a surpassing radiance of whiteness is communicated by God. “They toil not, neither do they spin,” because the angelic powers…

If God then thus provides for the flowers of the earth which only spring up, that they may be seen and die, shall He overlook men whom He has created not to be seen for a time, but that they should be for ever?

Tomorrow in Scripture is put for time future in general. Jacob says, “So shall my righteousness answer for me tomorrow.” [Gen 30:33] And in the phantasm of Samuel, the Pythoness says to Saul, “Tomorrow shalt thou be…

Some copies have “into the fire,” or, “into an heap,” which has the appearance of an oven.

He calls them no more lilies, but “the grass of the field,” to shew their small worth; and adds moreover another cause of their small value; “which today is.” And He said not, “and tomorrow is not,” but what is yet…

He says, “of little faith,” for that faith is little which is not sure of even the least things.

Or, under the signification of grass the Gentiles are pointed to. If then an eternal existence is only therefore granted to the Gentiles, that they may soon be handed over to the judgment fires; how impious it is…

Spiritually, by the birds of the air are meant the Saints who are born again in the water of holy Baptism; [ed. note: Vid. the Breviary Hymn, Magnae Deus Potentiae] and by devotion raise themselves above the earth…

Matthew 6:28 and Luke 12:27 share the same wording (11 words).

Cited together in Catechism §2547.

Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 6:28–30 (2) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Against Celsus VII.24.

Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 6:28–30 (2) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Against Celsus VII.24.

Cited together in Against Celsus VII.24.

Cited together in Against Celsus VII.24.

Cited together in Against Celsus VII.24.

Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 6:28–30 (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 6:28–30 (Catena Aurea).