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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"We will exult in Your salvation" [Psalm 20:5]. We will exult in that death will in no wise hurt You; for so You will also show that it cannot hurt us either. "And in the name of the Lord our God will we be magnified." And the confession of Your name shall not only not destroy us, but shall even magnify us.
Thomas Aquinas
"We shall rejoice." Here the reason for being heard is set forth. God gladly gives good things to those who share them with others: 1 Pet. 4: "Administering it to one another." And therefore the reason for being heard is when the good that is sought ought to be shared with others. And this is done, first, as regards the joy of many; as if to say: we, being exalted, "shall rejoice in your salvation," not in ourselves. …
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