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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"I will wash mine hands amid the innocent" [Psalm 26:6]. I will make clean my works among the innocent: among the innocent will I wash mine hands, with which I shall embrace Thy glorious gifts. "And I will compass Thy altar, O Lord."
Thomas Aquinas
Above, the Psalmist showed his innocence by the fact that he separated himself from evil; here, however, he shows it by the fact that he applies himself to good. And because the goods whose application makes us just are divine goods, therefore he speaks of his application to them. Concerning this he does two things. First he sets forth his effort. Second, its effect, at "O Lord, I have loved the beauty of your house." Concerning the first, he does three things. First he proposes his disposition for divine worship. …
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