117. For it is no small light wherewith
Christ encompasses His world: since “His going forth is
from the height of heaven, and His progress to the height thereof, nor
is there any who can hide himself from His heat.” Ps. xix.
[xviii.] 6. For with His Goodness He
enlightens all, and wills not to reject but to amend the foolish, and
desires not to exclude the hard-hearted from the Church, but to soften
them. And so the Church in the Song of Songs and Christ in the
Gospel invites them, saying: “Come unto Me, all ye who
labour and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you; take My yoke upon
you and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart.” S. Matt. xii. 28, 29.