SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #217And there came a fear upon them all: and they glorified God saying: "A great prophet is risen up among us: and, God hath visited his people." And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judea and throughout all the country round about. (Luke 7:16-17)
THE MIRACLE OF CONVERSION: The fathers of the Church see in the raising to life of the young man of Naim a type of the conversion of sinners. The raising up of a sinner from the death of mortal sin is a greater miracle of divine power and love than the raising to life of a dead body. "The widowed mother rejoiced, when her son was raised from the dead. Our Mother, the Church, rejoices still more over those who are raised from a spiritual death" (St. Augustine).
[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]
(1899 Douay-Rheims Bible)
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