Care and Nourishment

Sed inter ista inimici jacula imperterritus manet, nobisque portum securitatis fidum tutumque demonstrat. Sequitur enim, 'Jacta in Dominum cogitationem tuam, et ipse te enutriet: non dabit in aeternum fluctionem justo. Ademit nobis etiam in Evangelis Dominus sollicitudinis necessitatem, dicens: Nolite solliciti esse de crastino; sufficit enim diei malitia sua. Quaerite primum regnum Dei et justitiam ejus et omnia praestabuntur vobis: omnem scilicet curam in promerendo Dei regno et justitia collocandam. Jactanda ergo super eum cura est: ipse enim enutriet, secundum illud: Super aquam refectionis enutruvit me. Enutriens autem non relinquet in fluctibus istius saeculi, sicuti enutritus Jacob omnem tempestatem et odiorum et durae servitutis evasit dicens: Deus qui enutrivit me a juventute mea. Ipse enim vitae auctor est, ipse cibi largitor, non terreni tantum, sed etiam spiritalis. Sanctus Hilarius Pictaviensis,Tractatus super Psalmos, Tractatus in Psalmum  LIV

But among these attacks of the enemy he remains fearless, showing to us that complete faith is a secure port. For it follows, 'Cast your thoughts on the Lord and He shall nourish you; He shall not give the righteous into eternal flux.' 1 And in the Gospel the Lord takes away from us the necessity of worry, saying. 'Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for the day's evil suffices for itself. Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all things shall be given to you.' 2 For every care should be for the gaining of God's kingdom and the gathering of righteousness. Cast, then, all your care on Him, for He shall nourish you according to which, 'Over refreshing waters He led me'. 3 And nourishing He does not abandon one to the waves of this world, just as the nourished Jacob escaped every storm and hate and hard servitude, saying, 'God has nourished me from my youth.' 4 He is the author of life, He is the giver of bread, not only of the earth, but even of the spirit. Saint Hilary of Poitiers, Homilies on the Psalms, from Psalm 54 1 Ps 54.23 2 Mt 6 34,33 3 Ps 22.2 4 Gen 48.15