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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"Cleanse me, O Lord, from my secret faults." From the lusts which lie hidden in me, cleanse me, O Lord. "And from the" faults "of others preserve Your servant" [Psalm 19:13]. Let me not be led astray by others. For he is not a prey to the faults of others, who is cleansed from his own. Preserve therefore from the lusts of others, not the proud man, and him who would be his own master, but, Your servant. …
Thomas Aquinas
"If they shall not." Here he sets forth the reason for the petition. And first, on David's part, he asks for immunity from evil. Second, for perfection in good: "And they shall be pleasing." He asks for immunity from evil in two ways: from future evil and from past evil. He says therefore, "If they shall not have dominion over me," or "shall not have dominated," namely sins: Ps. …
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