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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living" [Psalm 27:13]. And since my Lord has first suffered these things, if I too despise the tongues of the dying ("for the mouth that lies slays the soul" [Wisdom 1:11]), I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living, where there is no place for falsity.
Thomas Aquinas
"I believe I shall see." Here he presents his hope concerning being heard. And first he presents the hope that he himself has. Second, he exhorts others to the same, at "Wait for the Lord." His petition was that he might see God; and therefore he says, "I believe," that is, I have firm confidence, "that I shall see the good things of the Lord," that is, see God face to face: Job 19: "I know that my Redeemer lives," etc., "and in my flesh I shall see God." Hence he does not say "see the Lord," but "the good things of the Lord"; which …
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