ACC ~ 1 Peter 4 v10

AS EACH HAS RECEIVED A GIFT. AUGUSTINE: God has granted to each of us the special graces needed for the upbuilding of his church, so that we will do what he has indicated should be done, not only without complaint but with joy. ON CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE 1.15.

EMPLOY IT FOR ANOTHER. BRAULIO OF SARAGOSSA: Our creator and dispenser so orders all things that love is increased when the divine gifts which one does not see in himself are bestowed to be possessed by another. Thus the manifold grace of God is well dispensed when the gift received is believed to belong also to the one who does not have it and when it is believed to have been given for the sake of him with whom it is shared. LETTERS 5.

AS GOOD STEWARDS OF GOD’S VARIED GRACE. ANDREAS: It is not merely that the rich man is obliged to meet the needs of those who are less well off than he is but also that each one of us must use the gifts which we have received either by nature or by the Holy Spirit, so that no one may say that we are keeping these things to ourselves and refusing to share them with our neighbors. CATENA.

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