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What the Fathers say

Matthew 21:22

Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

Likewise, he touches upon the power of faith with respect to prayer: "for all things whatsoever you shall ask in prayer believing, you shall receive;" above (2:7): "Ask, and you shall receive."

Commentary on Matthew ↗

Rabanus Maurus

But whenever we are not heard when we pray, it is either because we ask something adverse to the means of our salvation; or because the perverseness of those for whom we ask hinders its being granted to them; or because the performance of our request is put off to a future time, that our desires may wax stronger, and so may have more perfect capacity for the joys they seek after.

Catena Aurea by Aquinas ↗