Patristic Quote of the Day

Abraham, brothers, was rich not for himself but for the poor person, and he was eager, not to amass wealth, but to give it away, and he exerted more and more energy in storing his resources in the lap of the poor person instead of in barns, as is abundantly clear from the whole course of his life....And since he stayed under a tent, he did not allow any stranger to stay without a roof over his head, and as a guest himself he always received every guest. Exiled from his homeland and homeless himself, he was both a home and a homeland for all. -- St. Peter Chrysologus on this coming Sunday's Gospel, Sermon 121, par. 4