TEE.11—10. ST. LUKE. 529 panionvirtues,)reason,desire,and anger,and whatever powersareobservedround the soul,which she teachesto rejoiceintheLord. Then concludingtheparable,He adds, Thereisjoy in thepresenceof theangelsoverone sinner thatrepentelh.GREG. To work repentanceis to mourn Greg.in overpastsins,and nottocommit thingstobe mourned over.JJ° Forhe who weeps over some thingsso as yet to commit others,stillknows nothow towork repentance,orisa hypo crite;he must alsoreflectthatby so doinghe satisfiesnot hisCreator,sincehe who had done what was forbidden, mustcutoffhimselfevenfrom what islawful,and soshould blamehimselfin the leastthingswho remembers thathe hasoffendedinthegreatest. 11.And He said,A certainman had two sons: 12.And the younger of them saidto hisfather, Father,giveme the portionof goods thatfallethto me. And he dividedunto them hisliving. 13.And not many days afterthe younger son gatheredall together,and took his journeyintoa farcountry,and there wasted his substancewith riotousliving. 14.And when he had spent all,therearosea mightyfaminein thatland; and he began to be in want. 15.And he went and joinedhimselfto a citizenof thatcountry; and he senthim intohisfieldsto feed swine. 16.And he would fainhave filledhisbellywith thehusks thatthe swinedideat: and no man gave untohim. AMBROSE.St.Luke has giventhreeparablessuccessively; thesheepwhich was lostand found,thepieceof silverwhich waslostand found,the sonwho was dead and came to life again,inorderthatinvitedby a threefoldremedy,we might healourwounds. ChristastheShepherdbearstheeon His ownbody,theChurch as thewoman seeksforthee,God as VOL.HI. 2 M