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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
My root is opened beside the waters. And the dew shall stay on my harvest. For 'by the waters the root is opened,' when, for receiving the streams of truth, secretly the thought of the mind is spread out. For as we have already said in a former book, in Holy Writ by the term of 'the root' the hidden thought is used to be denoted. Therefore 'our root we open by the waters,' when to the Interior watering we stretch the thought of the secret heart. …
Thomas Aquinas
Second he describes the continuity of his prosperity as to riches, and he describes their increase saying, "My root is open out near the water." For trees which have roots near the waters often produce an abundance of fruit. So by this expression he refers to the increase of temporal fruits. …
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