George Leo Haydock

Cry. Hebrew, “meditation.” (Menochius) — The cry of the heart, (St. Chrysostom) and “the groans,” which the spirit forms within us, Romans viii. 26. God cannot reject such prayers. If he seems inattentive, it is because we ask amiss, James iv. 3. (Calmet) — He attends to the prayers of the Church, and of every faithful soul, (Worthington) and even exhorts sinners to come to him, that they may emerge from the abyss. (Haydock)