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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"O Lord, My God, I have cried unto You, and You have healed Me" [Psalm 30:2]. O Lord, My God, I have cried unto You, and I no longer bear about a body enfeebled and sick by mortality.
Ambrose of Milan
For as much as someone directs their intention towards the Lord, they elevate the Lord even more, and they themselves are elevated. Hence, he says: I will exalt you, O Lord, for you have lifted me up. For the holy person exalts the Lord, while the sinner humbles Him.
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says "O Lord my God," he shows how he was delivered. And first from interior evils. Second from exterior evils, at "O Lord, you have brought up." The interior evil is infirmity, either bodily or spiritual. Both of these could exist in David and in us, but in Christ only bodily, on account of his passibility: and therefore he says, "I cried out," namely David: Ps. 119: "To the Lord, when I was in trouble, I cried out." Likewise Christ cried out, even though insofar as he is God he is the one who hears: Heb. …
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