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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
For she said within herself, If I shall touch but his garment, I shall be whole. But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, According to the Law, he who touches a woman who is menstruating or has a discharge of blood is unclean (Lev. 20:25). She touches the Lord for this reason, that she may be healed of the defect of blood.
Thomas Aquinas
For she said within herself, "If I only touch his garment, I shall be made well." Hilary says: "The power of Christ is great, because it was not only in the soul, but it flowed into the body and from the body into his garments." And so we should hold in reverence everything Christ's body touched: "It is like precious oil upon the head, running down upon the beard, the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes" (Ps 133:2). …
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