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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee" [Psalm 50:7]. He shall come and shall not keep silence; see how that even now, if ye hear, He is not silent. Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee. For if thou hearest not, I will not speak to thee. "Hear, and I will speak to thee." For if thou hearest not, even though I shall speak, it will not be to thee. When then shall I speak to thee? If thou hearest. When hearest thou? If thou art my people. For, "Hear, my people:" thou hearest not if thou art an alien people. …
Thomas Aquinas
"Hear." Here he treats of the disputation of the judgment. In the disputation of the judgment three things are necessary. One is required on our part. Another on the part of God. The third is the disputation itself. On our part there is required hearing, not only exterior and bodily with respect to things heard bodily, but also interior. Sir. 6: "If you love to hear," etc. And therefore he says, "Hear," that is, attend even interiorly. Mt. …
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