Judges 6:40

Verse 40. Ground. In these two miracles the Fathers observe, that the fleece represented the Jewish nation, favoured with so many graces, while the rest of the world was dry and barren; and that, when the latter was watered with dew from heaven, by the coming of Jesus Christ, the Synagogue was deprived of those favours. Orig. hom. viii. Theod. q. 14. Saint Jerome ad Paulin. Saint Augustine and so forth—In the first miracle we may also contemplate, the incarnation of our Saviour in the womb of the most pure Virgin. Psalms 71:6. Saint Bernard serm. Saint Jerome epist. Paul. Calmet.