Ash Wednesday

The Catena for this day may be found in PDF format by clicking here.

This is an excellent example of St. Thomas's genius for selecting from a great variety of Fathers from both East and West and then stringing them together in one running commentary. There is, however, an interesting section where St. Augustine notes a difference between Latin and Greek editions of St. Matthew's Gospel. I haven't checked this yet myself, but according to Augustine the Greek editions are missing a phrase contained in the Latin editions. But right along St. Augustine's comments, St. Thomas brings in a Greek Father commenting on the phrase!