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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am troubled" [Psalm 31:9]. But what is this unlooked-for cruelty of the persecutors, striking such dread into me? "Have mercy on me, O Lord." For I am now no more alarmed for death, but for torments and tortures. "My eye has been disordered by anger." I had my eye upon You, that You should not abandon me: You are angry, and hast disordered it. …
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted," and so on, he assigns the reason for his prayer in two ways. First, he sets forth the prayer and its cause in general; second, he pursues both in detail, at "My eye is troubled." Concerning the first he does two things. First, he presents the petition in general; second, the cause of the petition, at "Have mercy." Jdt. 8: "Let us ask his pardon with tears." And why? "Because I am afflicted." Ps. …
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