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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
And on that day the Lord God of hosts will call for weeping and mourning, for baldness and the wearing of sackcloth; and behold, joy and gladness, killing calves and slaughtering rams, eating meat and drinking wine: 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.' And it was revealed in my ears by the Lord of hosts: 'Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,' says the Lord God of hosts. …
Thomas Aquinas
Second, as to divine counsel, which they held in contempt: and he shall call. And concerning this, he sets out three things. First, the counsel itself: to weeping, of the eyes; to beating, of the hands; to baldness, according to the custom of the ancients, who did these things in sadness: be converted to me with all your heart, in fasting, and in weeping, and beating (Joel 2:12).
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