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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
Oh, that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake before you! As when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil, to make your name known to your adversaries, so that the nations might tremble at your presence! When you did awesome deeds that we did not expect, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence. …
Thomas Aquinas
1113. Here he offers a petition. And first, he asks for the presence of the judge; second, he asks for mercy: "behold you are angry" (Isa 64:5). Concerning the first, he does two things. First, he sets out the petition; second, the fulfillment of the petition: "you didst come down" (Isa 64:3). Concerning the first of these, he does two things. …
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