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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
Behold, the hand of the Lord is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither is His ear heavy, that it cannot hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear. (Chapter 70) Is the Lord's hand shortened, that He cannot save, or His ear heavy, that He cannot hear? But your sins have separated you from your God, and because of your sins, He has turned His face away from you, so that He will not show mercy. …
Thomas Aquinas
1036. Behold the hand of the Lord is not shortened. Here he sets out the preparation for receiving salvation on the part of the Savior himself. And first, he sets out the necessity of salvation; second, the preparation: and the Lord saw (Isa 59:15). Concerning the first, he does two things: first, in the person of the Lord, he shows the necessity of salvation, showing the misery of the people; in the second, the people respond, recalling their misery: therefore is judgment far from us (Isa 59:9). …
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