Saul and the Church

Saule, saule, quid me persequeris? Non dixit: Quid persequeris membra mea? sed quid me persequeris? quia ipse in corpore suo, quod est Ecclesia, adhuc patitur iniquos. In cujus etiam membris beneficia collata, sibi facta esse denuntiat, cum ait: Esurivi, et dedistis mihi manducare. Et expondendo subjunxit: Quandiu uni ex minimus meis fecistis, mihi fecisitis. Sanctus Beda, Super Acta Apostolorum Expositio

Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? 1 He did not say, 'Why do you persecute my members?' But 'Why do you persecute me?' Because He in His body which is the Church suffers on account of the iniquitous. And even the benefits done to His members, He announces that it is to Him that they are done, when He says, 'I hungered and you gave me to eat.' And in explanation he adds, 'What you do to the least of mine, you do to me.' 2 Saint Bede, Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles 1 Acts 9.4  2 Mt 25.40