2 January
Wisdom and foolishness
I wasted a lot of time chasing vanities, I spent my whole youth in useless pursuits, for I threw myself totally into learning doctrines whose wisdom was declared by God to be foolishness.
Then one day I seemed to awake from a deep sleep. As I turned my eyes to the wonderful light of evangelical truth, I understood the uselessness of the wisdom of the masters of schools of this world, made of nothing.
I bitterly regretted my miserable life and formulated a prayer. I asked to be shown a way that would open the interior life for me.
Saint Basil
Epistle 223, 2
(published by the Priestly Branch of the Focolare Movement)
1月2日
智慧和愚蠢
为了追求虚荣，我浪费了很多时间；在一些无用的事情上，我花费了整个青春，全然投入钻研那些具有“智慧”的学说，然而，这智慧恰恰被天主定义为愚蠢。
后来，在一个阳光明媚的日子里，似乎大梦初醒，我的双目犹如看到了福音所散发的奇妙的光辉，我明白了这个世界上学派领袖们的智慧的毫无用处，纯属虚幻。
因此，我为自己可怜的生活而感到万分遗憾，于是便做了一个祈祷：祈求天主为我展示一条能通往我内心深处的路。
圣巴西略
书信 223，2
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