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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost." That is, that ye may get clear of that heartlessness towards one another, and may never be cast down by temptations. And this will be by your abounding in hope. Now this is the cause of all good things, and it comes from the Holy Spirit. But it is not simply from the Spirit, but on condition of our contributing our part also. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
He prays that the believers from among the Jews be filled with joy, for they were grieved by reproach, and that the believers from among the Gentiles be filled with peace, for they were hostile toward those who adhered to the law; or rather, he prays that both groups be filled with joy and peace. How then is this to be accomplished? By faith. And what good does faith provide us? Richness in hope. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, now may the God of hope, he adds a prayer, saying: it has been stated that the gentiles will hope in Christ, the God of hope, i.e., who pours this hope in us: my hope, O Lord (Ps 71:5). Or may the God of hope, i.e., the one to hope in, fill you with all joy, i.e., spiritual, which is concerned with God: the joy of the Lord is your strength (Neh 8:10), and peace, through which a man is at peace in himself and with God and his neighbor: great peace have they who love your law (Ps 119:165), in believing. …
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