St. Paul had been charged by the apostles at the council of Jerusalem, to collect alms from the faithful of other Churches, for their poor brethren in Palestine. The apostle acquitted himself of his commission with the greatest possible zeal, and he wishes in this chapter to excite the Corinthians t... [ Continue Reading ]
_On the [1] first day of the week, which is Sunday, and our sabbath, not the Jewish sabbath, as St. John Chrysostom observes, so that before this time, the apostles had appointed the first day of the week for the worship of God. (Witham)_ [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Per unam, that is primam Sabbati,_ Greek: ei... [ Continue Reading ]
_Now I will come. St. Paul came to Corinth a year after he had written this epistle. Titus, his favourite disciple, arrived at Corinth before St. Paul, and was received with the greatest marks of esteem: by him he sent his second epistle to the Corinthians. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_A gate is opened to me, large and evident; that is, a fair and good occasion of labouring to convert many, where there are many adversaries. (Witham) --- The work of God is carried on by the power of the cross, and in the midst of contradictions and persecutions. If we suffer this to damp our coura... [ Continue Reading ]
_As to our brother. St. Paul here made an apology for sending Timothy to them, who was a young man, and not so renowned for eloquence and sanctity as Apollo, informing them that Apollo did not wish to come, perhaps on account of the commotions that were at Corinth at his account. (Estius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
A Christian is a soldier, environed and attacked on all sides by enemies. It is his duty to guard against surprise. He should never abandon the post of faith, nor the fortress of the Church, unless he wish to fall an easy prey to his adversaries. He should fight with courage, and after each attack,... [ Continue Reading ]
_The first-fruits fo Achaia; the first there converted. (Witham)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Which was wanting on your part, they have supplied, by informing me, and giving me a full account of all. (Witham)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Let him be anathema, accursed. Maran Atha,[2] which, according to St. Jerome and St. John Chrysostom, signify, the Lord is come already, and so is to be taken as an admonition to those who doubted of the resurrection, and is to put them in mind, that Christ, the Judge of the living and the dead, is... [ Continue Reading ]
Happy, thrice happy the pastor, whose life, labours, zeal, and the testimony of his own conscience, embolden him to say with St. Paul, that he loves the flock of Jesus Christ, that he only loves them for Jesus Christ, and in Jesus Christ, by virtue of the Holy Spirit.... [ Continue Reading ]