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St. Basil’s homilies on the subject of wealth and poverty, although delivered in the fourth century, remain utterly fresh and contemporary. Whether you possess great wealth or have modest means, at the heart of St. Basil’s message stands the maxim: simplify your life, so you have something to share with others. While some patristic texts relate to obscure and highly philosophical questions, St....

So long as gold remained unearthed in the mines, you scoured the world to find it; but once it came to light, you hid it in the earth again. And I think that when it comes to this, as you are burying your wealth, you entomb with it your own heart. “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”4 This is why the Lord’s commands make some sorrowful: because their lives become unbearable when they are not permitted to indulge in frivolous expenditures. It seems to me that the passion of
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