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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cyril of Alexandria
They entreat God insistently concerning his removal from friendship with them. Since they had come to this situation through their many sins, they wove their prayers with great skill. For since they are unable to mollify the one who could save them with their own works and blameless lives, they now take another route. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
And now, O Lord. Here he sets out mercy. And concerning this, he does two things. First, he asks for mercy, assigning the reason: you are our father: as clay is in the hand of the potter, so are we in the hand of God (Jer 18:6); remember, I beseech you, that you have made me as the clay (Job 10:9). And he offers the petition: be not angry enough, that is, exceedingly, or according to what our merits demand: remember not our former iniquities: let your mercies speedily prevent us (Ps 78:8). …
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