Feast of Saints Basil the
Great and Gregory Nazianzen,
Bishops, Doctors
Hermit to Bishop…sounds like a chess move! But that would be oh-so wrong. Saint Basil the Great and Saint Gregory
Nazianzen Both went to the desert to live as hermits. And it was from there that they were both
grabbed and made Bishop.
It isn’t typical ecclesiastical ladder climbing. Maybe we remember them in part because their
journey was refreshingly “un-self-conscious;” responding to the call of God
discerned meticulously and void of personal agenda.
I’m not sure what that offers me this day. The collect for today’s Mass petitions
God: grant,
we pray, that in humility we may learn your truth and practice it faithfully in
charity.
In the reading from 1 John we hear the word remain six times. That is a challenging word for me today. I am so quick to cut the quiet short; to rush
from silence or prayer, or contemplation…to rush from anything that isn’t DOING!
Remain
Remain long enough to get
uncomfortable
Remain long enough to taste humility
Remain in not-doing
Remain in
Remain
Saints Basil and Gregory
Help me remain
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