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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
But because sweat is usually wiped away from workers by a cloth, the labor of God can also be expressed by the name of cloth—He who indeed always remains quiet and unchangeable in Himself, yet nevertheless declares that He labors when He bears the harsh depravities of men. Whence He also says through the prophet: "I have labored in enduring." Now God appeared in the flesh, He labored from our infirmity. When unbelievers saw this labor of His passion, they refused to venerate Him. …
Thomas Aquinas
Second, he shows their guilt: but you have made me to serve with your sins, as if to say: you showed me to be servile when you offended me and I did not punish you, above: they are become troublesome to me, I am weary of bearing them (Isa 1:14); he speaks in a human manner.
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