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Sunday, November 19, 2023

Basil: keeping all the commandments

Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680
Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropist, 1231
Commemoration of Mechtild, Bèguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, Prophet, 1280
Meditation:
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
—James 2:10 (KJV)

Quotation:
We must always be on our guard lest, under the pretext of keeping one commandment, we be found breaking another.
... St. Basil the Great (330?-379), The Ascetic Works of Saint Basil, tr. W. K. L. Clarke, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1925, p. 170 (see the book)
See also Jas. 2:10; Deut. 27:26; 30:6; Ps. 37:31; Jer. 31:33; Eze. 11:19; Matt. 5:18-19; Gal. 3:10

Quiet time reflection:
Lord, grant me grace to keep Your whole law.
 
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