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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit." There can be no better prayer than this. Grieve not for my departure. The Lord will be with thee. And he says, not "with thee," but "with thy spirit." Thus there is a twofold assistance, the grace of the Spirit, and God helping it. And otherwise God will not be with us, if we have not spiritual grace. For if we be deserted by grace, how shall He be with us? "Grace be with us. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Do not grieve, he says, that I am far from you; the Lord is with you. And he did not say: with you, but: "with your spirit." A twofold help: from the grace of the Spirit and from God, who assists it. And in another sense the apostle gives us to understand this: the Lord is with us when we have the Spirit with us and do not drive Him away by wickedness. Finally, he asks grace for himself as well, to always be well-pleasing to God and to have grace from Him. …
Oecumenius
The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with us all. Amen. The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. The help is twofold, that of Christ and that of the Holy Spirit, as if Paul were saying, With the coming of the Holy Spirit which you now have. Let also the Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Since this is with you, you will not suffer at my departure. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Finally, according to custom, lest the letter be falsified, he signs it with his own hand. "Grace be with you. Amen."
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