It's amazing how realivent and insightful someone's thoughts could be who died in 379AD. Today during Mass Fr. Bill quoted St. Basil the Great.
Here is the quote:
“The bread which you do not use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes that you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot; the money that you keep locked away is the money of the poor; the acts of charity that you do not perform are so many injustices that you commit.”
The quote really struck a cord with both Michael and I. It even made me want to do more research on St. Basil. I was amazed by what an extraordinary person he was. I will not go into the details here on the blog but I could not help but share the quote since it was so moving to us. I hope that you find him as fascinating as we did.
For more info on St. Basil the Great follow the link below or just Google him!
http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saintofday/default.asp?id=1248
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