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9 Aug 2019

Beauty And The Field




Ἔγνωκα πάντα τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ὡραιότης ἀγροῦ μετ' ἐμοῦ ἐστιν

Ἡ δεξαμένη ἀγαθὴ γῆ, τουτέστιν καρδία ὀρθὴ, τὸν ὑπὸ Ἰησοῦ βαλλόμενον σπόρον, καὶ καρποφορήσασα ἐκατὸν, ἐξήκοντα, τριάκοντα, τὸν πλήρη καὶ ὤριμον καρπὸν ἔχουσα, ὠραιότης ἐστὶν ἀγροῦ, οὐ μακράν οὖσα τοῦ σπορέως. Αὐτὸς γάρ φησιν, Ὠραιότης ἀγροῦ μετ' ἐμου ἐστιν.


Δίδυμος Αλεξανδρεύς, Εἰς Ψαλμους, Ψαλμος ΜΘ'

Migne PG 39.1392 
I know all the birds of heaven and the beauty of the field is mine. 1

The good field is the upright heart that is receptive to being sowed with the seed of Christ, and it gives fruit a hundredfold and sixtyfold and thirtyfold, 2 and it is full of ripe fruits, which is the beauty of the field, which from the sower is not far, and so He says,'The beauty of the field is mine.'

Didymus the Blind, Commentary on the Psalms, from Psalm 49

1 Ps 49.11
2 Mt 13.8, Mk 4.8

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