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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
And not only to be strengthened, but much more and greater still — "that Christ may dwell in your hearts," not on the surface, but in the depths. In what way? "Through faith." For Christ dwells in faithful hearts, coming with the Father and making His abode in them, as He also foretold (Jn. 14:23). And you will attain this when you are rooted in His love and are not shaken or troubled. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
We receive him through a faith which is most strong because it is the substance of the realities we hope for—that is, it makes these desired realities exist within us. Whence 1 Peter 5 (9) [concerning the devil]: "Whom resist ye, strong in faith." And Paul adds that Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts. "Sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts" (1 Pet. 3:15). With what? I claim that it should not only be through faith, which as a gift is the strongest, but also through the charity that is in the saints. …
Bonaventure
In the third place, for the soul to be hierarchized, it is necessary that it see the city going up into heaven. And that is when, through infusion into it of divine strength, light and warmth by the eternal Sun, it piously venerates, clearly speculates, and holily enjoys, and in so doing, comprehends the indissoluble bond of divine charity, the irrevocable gift of divine charity, the incomparable fire of divine charity, and the incomprehensible consolation of divine charity. …
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