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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him. But I will rebuke mine own ways before Him. He also shall be my salvation. There is no room for the virtue of patience in prosperous circumstances. He is really patient, who is at once bruised with misfortune, and yet not bowed down from the erectness of his hope. Concerning the temper of mind of the reprobate man it is written, He will praise Thee, when Thou doest well to him. …
Thomas Aquinas
He then states the reason why he should neither tear his flesh through impatience nor carry his soul in his hands, saying, "Even if he should kill me, I will hope in him," saying in effect: You do not believe because of the temporal evils which I suffer that I have stopped hoping in God. …
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