Luke 15:5 — Community Reflections

LUKE 15:5 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.”

And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home — the joyful carrying: the shepherd doesn't drive the found sheep home but carries it — the personal, physical act of restoration. Puts it on his shoulders: the posture of the shepherd communicates the intimacy of the recovery.

Church Fathers on Luke 15:5

You had learnt by what went before not to be occupied by the business of this world, not to prefer transitory things to eternal. But because the frailty of man can not keep a firm step in so slippery a world, the good Physician has shown you a remedy even after falling; the merciful Judge has not denied the hope of pardon; hence it is added, Then drew near to him all the publicans.
Ambrose · 4th century

That is, those who collect or farm the public taxes, and who make a business of following after worldly gain.
Gloss (Glossa Ordinaria) · medieval compilation

For this was His wont, for the sake whereof He had taken upon Him the flesh, to receive sinners as the physician those that are sick. But the Pharisees, the really guilty, returned murmurs for this act of mercy, as it follows, And the Pharisees and Scribes murmured, saying, &c.
Theophylact · 11th century

Read all 15 entries in the readerCatena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain

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