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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
I was an eye to the blind, and a foot was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor, and the cause which I knew not I searched out. [HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION] Herein the mind of the reader might perchance put the question, wherefore it is that blessed Job reckons up his own virtue with so much particularity. For it is a mark of holy men to conceal the good things they may have done, lest it chance that they bring upon themselves the downfall of exaltation. …
Thomas Aquinas
To show how he could preserve mercy together with justice he says, "I was an eye for the blind," for I instructed simple men how to proceed in their business and not suffer detriment due to ignorance. Because not only did he give counsel to the ignorant, but also help to the powerless, he says, "and a foot to the lame," for I gave aid to the man who could not prosper in his business that he might prosper.
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