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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Or will he be able to delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call upon God? For he that is overcome by the love of earthly things, in no degree delights himself in God. The soul indeed can never exist without its delight, for it delights itself either in things below or in things above, and in proportion as it is employed with higher devotion towards those above, it grows deadened with the greater loathing towards those below, and as it glows with a keener interest for those below, it cools in proportion with an accursed …
Thomas Aquinas
The second hope of the just is that when they lack temporal consolation in time of trial, they enjoy delight in God and are delighted in his praise, but he excludes this from the impious man saying, "Or will he be able to find joy in the Almighty," whom he did not love as his works prove, "and invoke God in every time?" For from great love of God some men always praise God in speech.
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