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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"The tribulations of my heart have been multiplied" [Psalm 25:17]. The tribulations of my heart have been multiplied by the abounding of iniquity and the waxing cold of love. [Matthew 24:12] "O bring Thou me out of my necessities." Since I must needs bear this, that by enduring unto the end I may be saved, bring Thou me out of my necessities.
Thomas Aquinas
"The tribulations." Here he presents three things pertaining to misery: two, namely, pertaining to punishment; the third pertaining to guilt. Now there is a twofold punishment. One is inflicted by necessity. The other is voluntarily assumed. Inflicted punishments have two aspects, because they afflict the heart interiorly and constrain the body exteriorly. …
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