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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cyril of Alexandria
He suffers them not to ask for anything at all by prayer and supplication, except only in His Name. He promises, however, that His Father will very readily grant their requests, not indeed as induced thereto by the intercessions of the Son in His capacity as our Mediator and Advocate, but prompted by His own Will to be liberal in His dealings towards them, and making haste to shower upon those who love Christ the exceeding riches of His goodness, as though He were but paying them their due. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
He still cheers them with the promise that help will be given them from above in their temptations: At that day ye shall ask in My Name. And ye will be so in favour with the Father, that ye will no longer need my intervention: And I say not unto you that I will pray the Father for you, for the Father Himself loveth you. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
2153 Now we see the second reason why they should have confidence, and it is based on the Father's love for the disciples: first, he shows the Father's love for them; secondly, the intimacy of the Father with the Son, I came from the Father. He does two things with the first: first, he repeats a promise he made to them; secondly, he gives the reason for what was promised, for the Father himself loves you. …
Bonaventure
In that day, that is, in that time, you shall ask in my name, because then you shall know me and the Father: whence Jeremiah 31: "A man shall not say to his brother: Know the Lord: for all shall know me from the least even to the greatest." And this was in the time after the reception of the Holy Spirit, who not only taught, but also compelled to ask: Romans 8: "The Spirit asks for us with unspeakable groanings," that is, makes us ask. And I do not say to you. …
Hippolytus of Rome
This is the Spirit that at the beginning "moved upon the thee of the waters; " by whom the world moves; by whom creation consists, and all things have life; who also wrought mightily in the prophets, and descended in flight upon Christ. This is the Spirit that was given to the apostles in the form of fiery tongues. …
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