Lucas 5
Theophylact of Ohrid
Lucas 5:1-3
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] But the Lord seeks to avoid glory the more it followed Him, and therefore separating Himself from the multitude, He entered into a ship, as it is said, And he saw two ships standing near the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 5:3
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Behold the gentleness of Christ; He asks Peter; and the willingness of Peter, who was obedient in all things. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 5:5-7
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Peter did not refuse to comply, as it follows, And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all night and have taken nothing. He did not go on to say, "I will not hearken to thee, nor expose myself to additional labour," but rather adds, Nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the net. But our Lord, since he had taught the people out of the ship, left not the master of the ship without reward, but conferred on him a double kindness, giving him first a multitude of fishes, and next making him His disciple: as it follows, And when they had done this, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes. They took so many fishes that they could not pull them out, but sought the assistance of their companions; as it follows, But their net brake, and they beckoned to their partners who were in the other ship to come, &c. Peter summons them by a sign, being unable to speak from astonishment at the draught of fishes. We next hear of their assistance, And they came and filled both the ships. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 5:13
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] For His sacred flesh has a healing, and life-giving power, as being indeed the flesh of the Word of God. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 5:14
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] But mark, that after a man has been cleansed he is then worthy to offer this gift, namely, the body and blood of the Lord, which is united to the Divine nature. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 5:24
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Observe that on earth He forgives sins. For while we are on earth we can blot out our sins. But after that we are taken away from the earth, we shall not be able to confess, for the gate is shut. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 5:27
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] And so from him that received toll from the passers by, Christ received toll, not money, but entire devotion to His company. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 5:27
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Or the publican is he who serves the prince of this world, and is debtor to the flesh, to which the glutton gives his food, the adulterer his pleasure, and another something else. But when the Lord saw him sitting at the receipt of custom, and not stirring himself to greater wickedness, He calls him that he might be snatched from the evil, and follow Jesus, and receive the Lord into the house of his soul. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas