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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cyprian
These things we suffer by our own fault and our own deserving, even as the divine judgment has forewarned us, saying, "If they forsake my law and walk not in my judgments, if they profane my statutes and keep not my commandments, then will I visit their transgressions with the rod, and their iniquities with stripes." It is for this reason that we feel the rods and the stripes, because we neither please God with good deeds nor atone for our sins. …
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
The widow may be said to resemble the Church, which appears desolate until the Lord shall come, who now secretly watches over her. But in the following words, And she came unto him, saying, Avenge me, &c. we are told the reason why the elect of God pray that they may be avenged; which we find also said of the martyrs in the Revelations of St. John, (Rev. 6:10.) though at the same time we are very plainly reminded to pray for our enemies and persecutors. …
Bonaventure
Second, as to the persistence of the poor woman, he adds: But there was a certain widow in that city; a widow, namely, deprived of the comfort of a husband; and such are especially to be assisted, according to that passage of Isaiah 1: "Seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the orphan, and defend the widow." To such, justice ought to be rendered more readily, because they are less able to defend themselves and are more frequently oppressed; and therefore Ecclesiasticus 4: "Deliver him who suffers injury from the hand of the …
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