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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
Therefore the Lord waits, to have mercy on you, and therefore he will be exalted in showing mercy to you, because the Lord is a God of justice: blessed are all they that wait for him. Great is the mercy of God, that he waits for our repentance, and until we turn away from our vices, he restrains his mighty hand, so as not to be forced to strike. But he shows mercy and spares, so that his mercy may be exalted, and the goodness of the Creator may be known to all. …
Thomas Aquinas
677. Therefore the Lord waits. Here he sets out consolation, and concerning this, he does two things: first, he sets out the intention of having mercy; second, he describes the benefit of mercy: for the people (Isa 30:19). Concerning the first, he sets out three things. …
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