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What the Fathers say

Psalms 36:8

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"They shall be satiated with the fulness of Thy House" (ver. 8). He promiseth us some great thing. He would speak it, and He speaketh it not. Can He not, or do not we receive it? I dare, my Brethren, to say, even of holy tongues and hearts, by which Truth is declared to us, that it can neither be spoken, which they declared, nor even thought of. …

Exposition on Psalm 36 ↗

Ambrose of Milan

They will be intoxicated with the abundance of your house, and you will give them to drink from the torrent of your pleasure. They are not placed in pastures, but in banquets: for some are in the place of pastures, others in the privilege of sacraments. …

Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Likewise those who live here below are nourished with a special nourishment. And first he sets forth the nourishment itself. Second he sets forth its cause, at "With you." Spiritual nourishment consists in two things: namely, in the gifts of God and in his sweetness. As to the first he says, "They shall be inebriated with the richness of your house." The house is the Church: 1 Tim. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗