1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Matthew 11:29 | Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: *and you shall find rest to your souls. Jeremias 6:16. | Take up my yoke, etc. Fear not the yoke of Christ, for it is a yoke of the greatest sweetness. Be not disheartened when he mentions a burden, because it is a burden exceeding light. If then our Saviour says, that the way of virtue is exceeding narrow, and replete with difficulties and dangers, we must call to mind that it is so to the slothful only. Perform therefore with alacrity what is required, and then will all things be easy; the burden will be light, and the yoke sweet. (St. Chrysostom, hom. xxxix.) |