Lucas 15

Titus of Bostra · Comentário Patrístico (catena)

Lucas 15:12

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] The younger son then went away not yet matured in mind, and seeks from his father the part of his inheritance which fell to him, that in truth he might not serve of necessity. For we are rational animals endowed with free will. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Lucas 15:13

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Hence too was the prodigal denominated one who wasted his substance, that is, his right understanding, the teaching of chastity, the knowledge of the truth, the recollections of his father, the sense of creation. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Lucas 15:25

[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] The elder son then as a husbandman was engaged in husbandry, digging not the land, but the field of the soul, and planting trees of salvation, that is to say, the virtues. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas