Psalm 104:15

The Sacrament of Confirmation

• §1293Article 2 · The Sacrament of ConfirmationRead at vatican.va

  “Anointing, in Biblical and other ancient symbolism, is rich in meaning: oil is a sign of abundance and joy;” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Deut 11:14; Pss 23:5; 104:15.

The Sacrament of the Eucharist

• §1333Article 3 · The Sacrament of the EucharistRead at vatican.va

  “Thus in the Offertory we give thanks to the Creator for bread and wine,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Ps 104:13-15.

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus IV.75Book IV

  “…bring forth food out of the earth, and wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.”” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. civ. 14, 15.

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• Origen, Against Celsus VIII.67Book VIII

  “For whatever we receive rightly and honourably we receive from God, and by His providence, as ripe fruits, and “corn which strengtheneth man’s heart, and the pleasant vine, and wine which rejoiceth the heart of man.”” — editor's note: Ps. civ. 15.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Concerning Virgins I.7Book I

  “For “wine maketh glad the heart of man.”” — editor's note: Ps. civ. [ciii.] 15.

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• Ambrose of Milan, Letters Letter 15

  “Elijah was sent to the brook Cherith, and there the ravens nourished him, bringing him bread in the morning, for it “strengthens man’s heart.”” — editor's note: Ps. civ. [ciii.] 15.

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• Ambrose of Milan, On the Mysteries Chapter 9

  “Lastly, that food strengthens our heart, and that drink “maketh glad the heart of man,” as the prophet has recorded.” — editor's note: Ps. civ. [ciii.] 15.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences I–X II.4Conference II

  “…which the authority of Scripture allows us to do nothing, so that we are not even permitted to take that spiritual “wine which maketh glad the heart of man” without its regulating control: as it is said “Do everything with counsel, drink thy wine with counsel,” and again “like a city that has its walls destroyed…” — editor's note: Ps. ciii. (civ.) 15.

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• John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17Conference XIV

  “…of their past actions are oppressed with grief and sorrow, supply richly the joys of spiritual knowledge like “wine that maketh glad the heart of man,” and restore them with the strong drink of the word of salvation, lest haply they be plunged in continual sorrow and a despair that brings death, and so those…” — editor's note: Ps. ciii. (civ.) 15.

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• John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.11Conference XXIII

  “…of virtues are choked, so that without the sweat of our brow we cannot eat our bread which “cometh down from heaven,” and which “strengtheneth man’s heart.”” — editor's note: S. John vi. 33; Ps. ciii. (civ.) 15.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Confessions V.13Book V

  “And to Milan I came, unto Ambrose the bishop, known to the whole world as among the best of men, Thy devout servant; whose eloquent discourse did at that time strenuously dispense unto Thy people the flour of Thy wheat, the “gladness” of Thy “oil,” and the sober intoxication of Thy “wine.”” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 7, and civ. 15.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 104

  ““And wine maketh glad the heart of man” (ver. 15).” — the author cites it

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Gregory of Nyssa

• Gregory of Nyssa, Funeral Oration on Meletius

  “…the senses, and destroys the body, but such as gladdens the heart, the wine which the Prophet recommends when he says: “Wine maketh glad the heart of man.”” — editor's note: S. Gregory has misapplied both this passage from Ps. civ. 15 and the previous one from Prov. xxxi. 6. An attentive consideration of them shows that they do not…

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• Psalm 119:11

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17.

• Psalm 119:155

  Cited together in Confessions V.13.

• Proverbs 18:2

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17.

• Proverbs 19:10

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17.

• Proverbs 23:9

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17.

• Proverbs 24:3

  Cited together in Conferences I–X II.4.

• Proverbs 24:4

  Cited together in Conferences I–X II.4.

• Proverbs 29:19

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17.

• Proverbs 31:3

  Cited together in Conferences I–X II.4.

• Proverbs 31:6

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17.

• Proverbs 31:7

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17.

• Song of Songs 4:7

  Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.

• Song of Songs 4:8

  Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.

• Song of Songs 4:10

  Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.

• Song of Songs 4:11

  Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.

• Wisdom 3:13

  Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.

• Sirach 39:16

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.75.

• Sirach 39:17

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.75.

• Sirach 39:21

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.75.

• Isaiah 1:6

  Cited together in Catechism §1293.

• John 6:33

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.11.

• John 19:39

  Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.

• Hebrews 4:12

  Cited together in Conferences I–X II.4.

• Genesis 14:18

  Cited together in Catechism §1333.

• Genesis 32:28

  Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.

• Deuteronomy 11:14

  Cited together in Catechism §1293.

• Psalm 4:7

  Cited together in Confessions V.13.

• Psalm 23:5

  Cited together in Catechism §1293.

• Psalm 45:2

  Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.

• Psalm 45:9

  Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.

• Psalm 45:10

  Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.

• Psalm 45:11

  Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.