ACC ~ Matthew 13 v48

SORTED INTO BASKETS

GREGORY THE GREAT: At the end of this present age the good fish are to be sorted into baskets and the bad ones thrown away. Then all the elect will be received into eternal dwellings, and the condemned will be led away into external darkness, since they have lost the light of the kingdom within them. Meanwhile the fishing net of faith holds us together as intermingled fish both good and bad. FORTY GOSPEL HOMILIES 11.4. [1]

[1] PL 76:1116; CS 123:64-65 (Homily 9).

THE BAD FISH THROWN AWAY

GREGORY THE GREAT: Once on the shore, however, the fishing net—that is, the holy church—indicates what it has drawn in. Some fish, when they have been caught, cannot be changed. Others of us who were caught while we are wicked can become changed for the better. Let us bear this in mind as we are in the process of being caught, lest we be thrown aside on shore. FORTY GOSPEL HOMILIES 11.4. [1]

[1] PL 76:1116; CS 123:65 (Homily 9).

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