Paschasius of Dumium

Late Patristic · AD 500–800

4 passages across 4 books of the Bible · Who was this?

Commentary

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  1. 1 Peter 5:3
    Practice what you preach, so that you may offer your people not only advice but a model as well, that they may imitate your example.

    QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OF THE GREEK FATHERS 43.1

  2. Isaiah 37:36
    A brother asked Antony, “What shall I do for my sins?” He replied, “He who desires to be freed from his sins will be freed from them by tears and weeping. He who wishes to be strengthened in virtues will be strengthened by weeping and tears. The very praise of the Psalms is mourning. Remember the example of Hezekiah, king of Judah, as it is written in the prophet Isaiah, who by weeping not only recovered his health but won an increase of life for fifteen years.” By the outpouring of his tears, the strength of the Lord brought to death the advancing army of the enemy, even 185,000.

    QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OF THE GREEK FATHERS 38:1

  3. Luke 8:11-15
    Alms and faith must not leave you. Remember that every day death is near and act as if the tomb already enclosed you. Do not care for this world, since anxiety for the world and the desire for riches are thorns that choke the good seed.

    QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OF THE GREEK FATHERS 43.2

  4. Psalms 73:21-26
    Abbot Pimenius asked Abbot Nesteron, who was sitting in the monastery, “Where did you acquire this virtue, brother, that, whenever a quarrel arises in the monastery, you neither speak nor interfere as mediator?” Though he was unwilling to speak, he was compelled by the old man and said, “Forgive me, father, for in the beginning when I entered here I said to my thought: ‘Lo, you and this donkey are alike. Just as it gets beaten without speaking and gets thrashed without returning an answer, so you must be also, for the psalm says, “I am become as a beast of burden before you: and I am always with you.” ’ ”

    QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OF THE GREEK FATHERS 42:3

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