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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"Make Your mercies marvellous" [Psalm 17:7]. Let not Your mercies be disesteemed, lest they be loved too little. "Who savest them that hope in You from such as resist Your right hand:" from such as resist the favour, whereby You favour Me.
Ambrose of Milan
It becomes Christians to pray for peace and quiet but not to abandon steadfast faith and truth even at the peril of death. For the Lord is our Leader, "who will save them that put their hope in him."
Thomas Aquinas
"Make wonderful." Here the petition is set forth, and it is twofold. The first concerns his own deliverance. The second concerns the overthrow of enemies: "Arise, O Lord, forestall him." Concerning the first, he does two things. First, he asks for deliverance. Second, he adds the necessity for deliverance, at "My enemies." Concerning the first, he does three things. First, he asks for mercy. …
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