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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord:" one nation is blessed, belonging to the heavenly city, which has not chosen save the Lord for their God: "And the people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance" [Psalm 33:12]: and which not of itself, but by the gift of God, has been chosen, that He by possessing it may not suffer it to be uncared for and miserable.
Thomas Aquinas
"Blessed is the nation." Above he exhorted the just to joy; here he sets forth their dignity. And concerning this he does two things. First, he proposes their dignity; second, he proves it, at "From heaven." The dignity of the saints is supreme, because they alone arrive at what all men naturally desire. If one or a few were to arrive at a single thing that all desired to reach, this would be a great dignity. …
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