The Perils of Relaxation

Fatigatus a sepultura Tobias venit in domum suam ... et factus est caecus.  Ne mireris, lector, quae aliquando bona typice malum, aliquando bonum mala hominum facta significant. Quod si non liceret, nunquam nigro atramento, sed auro semper lucido scriberetur Deus, quia lux est. Sed etsi nomen diaboli in calculo scribas candido, nihilominus tenebras significat profundas. Caecatus ergo Tobias designat quia, sicut Apostolus ait, 'Caecitas ex parte contigit in Israel.' Fatigatus est a sepultura, et caecatus, quia qui infatigabilis in bonis operibus persistit, nunquam fidei luce privatur. Jacet spiritualiter, et dormit fatigatus, qui vigilare et stare in fide, viriliter agere, confortari negligit. Cui bene congruit illud apostolicum: Surge qui dormis, et exsurge a mortuis, et illuminabit te Christus.  Sanctus Beda, In Librum Beati Partis Tobiae Allegorica Interpretatio

'Weary from the tomb Tobias came into his house ... and he was made blind.' 1 Do not wonder, reader, that sometimes by a good type the evil of men is signified and sometimes by an evil one the good. That it should not be allowed to write 'God' in jet black but that the name should always be written in pure gold because he is light. Even if you should write the name of the devil in blazing white nevertheless it signifies utter darkness. Blind then is Tobias designated because, like the Apostle says, 'Blindness touched a part of Israel.'2 'Weary from the tomb and blind' because he who persists without respite in good works never lacks the light of faith, but here he lays down spiritually and he sleeps exhausted, he neglects vigilance and steadfastness in faith and firm action. With this the Apostle agrees, saying: 'Rise up you who sleep, rise up from the dead, and Christ shall illuminate you.'3 Saint Bede, An Allegorical Interpretation of the Book of Tobit 1 Tob 2.10-11  2 Rom 11.25 3 Eph 5.14