Alligators, High Island, TX
I always thought that the commandment to love my neighbor as myself was an easy one to obey until I read the words of St. Basil the Great (330 – 379 AD).
“The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry. The cloak in your wardrobe belongs to the naked. The shoes you allow to rot belong to the barefoot. The money in your vaults belongs to the destitute. You do injustice to every man whom you could help but do not.” St. Basil the Great (330 – 379 AD)
After reading and meditating on St. Basil’s words I realize how challenging the commandment to love my neighbor really is.
May God grant us the grace to love our neighbors as ourselves and may we have the humility, courage and wisdom to cooperate with His grace.