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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
The condition of the person expecting is evaluated. First, regarding a height for contemplation: "Let him sit alone in silence when he has laid it on him." Namely, that he be not impeded by turmoil within thought. Since, through such turmoil, "he had laid it on him." That is, for a consideration of divine favors. As Hosea the prophet concludes: "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her." (Hosea 2:14). …
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