Basil: on the solitary life

Friday, January 2, 2015
    Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389
    Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, Staretz, 1833
Meditation:
    Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
    —Philippians 2:3 (NIV)
Quotation:
    Whose feet then will you wash? For whom will you perform the duties of care? In comparison with whom shall you be lower or even the last, if you live by yourself?
    ... St. Basil the Great (330?-379), The Rule of St Basil in Latin and English: A Revised Critical Edition, Anna Silvas, tr., Liturgical Press, 2013, Q. 3, p. 81 (see the book)
    See also Phil. 2:3; Matt. 20:16; John 13:3-5,12-15
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, may I be ever more conscious of the believing community You have placed me in. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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