Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Sparrow. Hebrew, "bird. "This comparison shows at once the dangers to which the Jews had been exposed, and their miraculous deliverance. (Calmet)
Men may deceive others: but they cannot impose on God. (Worthington)
Grace preserves the soul from the most imminent dangers of temptation, sin (Berthier)
We must therefore fly; but who will give us wings except God? (St. Ambrose)