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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"I have cried out, for You have heard Me, O God" [Psalm 17:6]. With a free and strong effort have I directed My prayers unto You: for that I might have this power, You have heard Me when praying more weakly. "Incline Your ear to Me, and hear My words." Let not Your hearing forsake My humiliation.
Thomas Aquinas
"I." Above, the Psalmist asked to be established in good; here he asks to be delivered from evil. And concerning this he does three things. First, he asks to be heard in his petition. Second, he sets it forth, at "Make your mercies wonderful." Third, he manifests the hearing of his petition, at "But I." Concerning the first, he does two things. First, he sets forth the hope conceived from God. …
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