St Basil the Great, 'Be Attentive to Yourself', Part I

01 June 2009

In the first of a three-part series on St Basil’s Homily on the words ‘Be attentive to yourself’, we examine the way in which this great Cappadocian Father reveals the depth of meaning behind the short command from Deuteronomy. What has attentiveness to one’s self to teach us about the different types of sin we are prone to commit, and the ways they can be prevented?