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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"With my voice have I cried unto the Lord" [Psalm 3:4]; that is, not with the voice of the body, which is drawn out with the sound of the reverberation of the air; but with the voice of the heart, which to men speaks not, but with God sounds as a cry. By this voice Susanna was heard; and with this voice the Lord Himself commanded that prayer should be made in closets, that is, in the recesses of the heart noiselessly. …
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, "with my voice," he shows the experience of help. And he sets forth three things: namely, prayer, at "with my voice." Second, being heard, at "and he heard me." Third, he shows in what he was heard, where he says, "I slept," etc. Concerning the first, he touches on two things that must be present in prayer: for it must be attentive. And so he says: "with my voice," namely the voice of the heart, which sounds to God -- with which Moses, though silent with his mouth, was crying out in his heart to the Lord. Ex. …
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