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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Wherefore I reproach myself. 6. For the less a person sees himself, the less is he displeased with himself; and the more he discerns the light of greater grace, the more blameworthy does he acknowledge himself to be. For when he is elevated within, by all that he is, he endeavours to agree with that standard which he beholds above him. And because human weakness still impedes him, he perceives that he differs therefrom in no slight degree, and every thing within him is burdensome, which does not agree with that inward standard. …
Thomas Aquinas
The more one considers the justice of God, the more he sees his own fault, and so he says, "Therefore I reproach myself," when I consider my own fault. Since it does not suffice to confess one's own fault unless one makes satisfaction, he continues, "I do penance in dust and ashes," as a sign of the frailty of corporeal nature. For humble satisfaction befits the expiation of pride of thought.
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