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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Who ordereth the snow to descend on the earth, and the rains of the winter, and the showers of His strength. Because the Psalmist says, Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow; [Ps. 51, 7] what do we understand by snow in this place, but the hearts of the Saints made white by the light of righteousness? But waters are taken up, and congealed above, in order to become snow. But when this snow descends to the earth, it is changed again into liquid waters. …
Thomas Aquinas
He begins to list them and says, "he who commands the snow," by the voice of his wisdom, "to fall on the earth," because the snows are formed by his command, as are the rains and showers, and so he says, "and to winter rains," which abound in winter, "and the showers of his strength," which are formed by some more violent cause and with the impulse of the wind.
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