Clement: goods

Thursday, July 2, 2020
Meditation:
    Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act.
    Do not say to your neighbor, “Come back later; I’ll give it tomorrow”—when you now have it with you.
    —Proverbs 3:27-28 (NIV)
Quotation:
    We are not to throw away those things which can benefit our neighbor. Goods are called good because they can be used for good: they are instruments for good, in the hands of those who use them properly.
    ... St. Clement of Alexandria (150?-220?), The Ante-Nicene Fathers, v. II, Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, trs., Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1885, p. 595 (see the book)
    See also Pr. 3:27-28; Zech. 8:16-17; Matt. 7:15; Rom. 15:2; Gal. 6:10
Quiet time reflection:
    Your Spirit, Lord, has opened torrents of charity. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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