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What the Fathers say

Psalms 20:3

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"Be mindful of all Your sacrifice" [Psalm 20:3]. Make us mindful of all Your injuries and despiteful treatment, which You have borne for us. "And be Your whole burnt offering made fat." And turn the cross, whereon You were wholly offered up to God, into the joy of the resurrection.

Exposition on Psalm 20 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

The third cause is that one's works may be pleasing to God; hence he says, "May he be mindful of all your sacrifice." Every good work is like a sacrifice, because all things ought to be offered to God: 1 Cor. 10: "Do all things for the glory of God." Therefore all our works are a sacrifice in a certain way: whether almsgiving -- Heb. 13: "Do not forget to do good and to share, for by such sacrifices God is won over" -- or fasting: Rom. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗