St. Thomas Aquinas (compiler)
Catena Aurea
Luke › 1:78
Compiled by St. Thomas Aquinas from attributed patristic excerpts. Speaker labels identify the quoted authors; not every statement is Aquinas’s own wording. English edition edited by John Henry Newman (1841–1845). Luke 1:78
1:78
78.Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us.
THEOPHYLACT. Because God hath forgiven our sins not for our works’ sake, but through His mercy, it is therefore fitly added, Through the tender mercy of our God.
CHRYSOSTOM. (Hom. xiv. in Matt.) Which mercy we find not indeed by our own seeking, but God from on high hath appeared to us, as it follows; Whereby (i. e. by His tender mercy) the dayspring from on high (that is, Christ) hath visited us, taking upon Him our flesh.
GREEK EXPOSITOR. (Severus.) Abiding on high yet present upon the earth, suffering neither division nor limitation, which thing neither can our understanding embrace, nor any power of words express.
Source: Catena Aurea (eCatholic2000)