From the early Church Fathers to now.
1 Patristic · 1 Jewish · 1 Catholic
“May he send thee help from the sanctuary: and defend thee out of Sion.”
“"Be mindful of all Your sacrifice" [Psalm 20:3]. Make us mindful of all Your injuries and despiteful treatment, which You have borne for us. "And be Your whole burnt offering made fat." And turn the cross, whereon You were wholly offered up to God, into the joy of the resurrection.”
“from His sanctuary From His Holy Temple, in which He dwells.”
“The third cause is that one's works may be pleasing to God; hence he says, "May he be mindful of all your sacrifice." Every good work is like a sacrifice, because all things ought to be offered to God: 1 Cor. 10: "Do all things for the glory of God." Therefore all our works are a sacrifice in a certain way: whether almsgiving -- Heb. 13: "Do not forget to do good and to share, for by such sacrifices God is won over" -- or fasting: Rom. 12: "Present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, your reasonable service." In the Old Testament, indeed, certain sacrifices were made which were not entirely burned but only in part, and part came for the use of the offerers, like the peace offerings; certain ones were totally burned, which were called most holy, which were called a holocaust, from "holon" which means "whole" and "cauma" which means "burned." And therefore there is a twofold kind of good works. Some are called "sacrifice," when someone dedicates to God from his goods, as when a married person abstains on certain days: Eccl. 3: "A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces." But when someone gives everything, reserving nothing for himself, or totally abstains, it is called a holocaust; therefore he says, "May he be mindful of all your sacrifice": Ps. 50: "A sacrifice to God," etc. "And may your holocaust be made fat," that is, acceptable to God: Sir. 35: "The offering of the just fattens the altar, and is a sweet odor in the sight of the Lord." And he says "fat" because the holocaust was burned and produced an odor, since fatty things produce more odor. And therefore, whoever offers a sacrifice more devoutly, it is more acceptable, however small it may be. These things can be referred to the sacrifice of Christ, who offered himself wholly on the altar of the cross. And so, "May he be mindful," that is, may he make us mindful of his passion and death: Lam. 3: "Remember my poverty and my transgression, the wormwood and the gall." Or may he be mindful of our good works which we have sacrificed to him.”
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