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Augustine of Hippo
Catena Aurea · Matthäusevangelium 6
Mt 6, 9English original
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
(De Don. Pers. 2.) But why is this perseverance asked of God, if, as the Pelagians say, it is not given by God? Is it not a mocking petition to ask of God what we know is not given by Him, but is in the power of man himself to attain?