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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"O Lord, my lips You shall open, and my mouth shall tell of Your praise" [Psalm 51:15]. "Your praise," because I have been created: "Your praise," because sinning I have not been forsaken: "Your praise," because I have been admonished to confess: "Your praise," because in order that I might be secured I have been cleansed.
Thomas Aquinas
"O Lord, you shall open my lips." It should be known that sometimes a person is impeded from teaching even by an interior impediment to speaking; and this happens sometimes because of the fault of the hearers. Ezek. 3: "I will make your tongue cleave to your palate, and you shall be mute." And below: "Because the house is exasperating." And because of his own sin. Ps. 106: "All iniquity shall stop its mouth." Because therefore God alone made the tongues of infants eloquent, Wis. …
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