Catena Aurea on Luke 5:33–39: Ambrose of Milan

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CommentAmbrose of MilanPublic domainLuke 5:33–39

Or, That fast is not given up whereby the flesh is mortified, and the desires of the body chastened. (For this fast commends us to God.) But we cannot fast who have Christ, and banquet on the flesh and blood of Christ.

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