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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"Send You help from the Holy, and from Sion defend You" [Psalm 20:2]. Making for You a sanctified Body, the Church, from watching safe, which waits when You shall come from the wedding.
Thomas Aquinas
The second cause: "May he send you help from the sanctuary," that is, from the assembly of the saints. And there is a twofold assembly of the saints. One reigning with God in glory; the other fighting on earth; and from both we are helped, because the Angels intercede for us: 1 Jn. 2: "We have an advocate," namely, the assembly of Angels: Rev. 8: "The smoke of the incense from the prayers of the saints ascended from the hand of the Angel before God." Smoke comes from moisture and heat. …
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