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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 167: Of What Sort Should the Soul Be Which Has Been Counted Worthy of Being Occupied…
Like that which said:2 What am I, O Lord, my Lord, and what is my house, that thou hast loved me?”’ and fulfilling the words: “Giving thanks unto the Father, who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the Saints in light; who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love.”3
Notes
- Jn. iv. 34.
- ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ τοῦ θεοῦ. The Divine Office in St. Benedict is Opus Dei (Reg. xlvii). B.’s answer does not reveal the exact sense in which opus is used; probably it means the entire monastic life including the Divine Office.
- Col.i.12; 13.