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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"But I have all things and abound," i.e. through this gift ye have filled up what was wanting, which would make them more eager. For benefactors, the wiser they are, the more do they seek gratitude from the benefited. That is, ye have not only filled up what was deficient in former time, but ye have gone beyond. For lest by these words he should seem to accuse them, see how he seals up all. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Since he said "I do not seek," then lest he cool their zeal and make them more careless (for the more philosophical the benefactors are, the more gratitude they seek from those receiving the benefaction), he says: "I have received everything, and I abound," that is, by your giving you have not only made up for what was previously omitted, but you have done even more. …
Cyprian
Those prayers quickly ascend to God which the merits of our labours urge upon God. Thus also Raphael the angel was a witness to the constant prayer and the constant good works of Tobias, saying, "It is honourable to reveal and confess the works of God. For when thou didst pray, and Sarah, I did bring the remembrance of your prayers before the holiness of God. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
I am filled, having received the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. "A pleasing odor to the Lord" (Lev. 4:31). For the devotion of the offerer is a sweet odor to God; and of all offerings an alms is very beneficial: "Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God" (Heb. 13:16).
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