And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
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Ambrose of Milan
AD 397
Although Peter was ready in spirit, he still was weak in physical love. Christ rebuked him before he denied the Lord. Not even Peter could equal the steadfastness of the divine purpose. The Lord’s Passion has imitators but no equals. I do not criticize Peter’s denial, but I praise his weeping. The one is common to nature, but the other is peculiar to virtue.
