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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"Our Fathers hoped in You." All the righteous, namely, who sought not their own praise, but Yours. "They hoped in You, and You delivered them" [Psalm 22:4].
Thomas Aquinas
"In you." Here another reason is given, drawn from the ancient custom and experience by which the holy fathers were freed from tribulations when they called upon God -- as is evident from Ex. 14, that they were freed from the persecution of the Egyptians; and concerning Susanna, who was freed from the unjust sentence of the elders, Dan. 13; and Daniel, who was freed from the mouth or the den of lions, Dan. 14. How then have I been forsaken by you and not freed from suffering? He therefore does two things regarding this. …
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