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Gregory the Great
Catena Aurea · Matthäusevangelium 2
Mt 2, 12English original
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
(Hom. in Ev. i. 10. 7.) We may learn much from this return of the Magi another way. Our country is Paradise, to which, after we have come to the knowledge of Christ we are forbidden to return the way we came. We have left this country by pride, disobedience, following things of sight, tasting forbidden food; and we must return to it by repentance, obedience, by contemning things of sight, and overcoming carnal appetite.