Father Danilo on Holiness and Saint Basil of Ostrog
Father Danilo (Ljubotina) speaks from a holy site where God manifested through the body of Saint Basil of Ostrog, a miracle-worker of great power. He explains that God gave humanity the possibility to become saints by perfecting the gifts He bestowed. A saint is one who has perfected these gifts and maximally strives to reveal himself before people as the true and eternal shepherd.
This revelation occurs in Jesus Christ, the incarnate Logos, who is both true man and true God. The teaching connects the veneration of Saint Basil's relics with the universal call to holiness, showing how the saint's life exemplifies the path of cooperating with divine grace to become a shepherd in Christ's image.
Key moments
- This is a holy place where the living God shone in the holy body of Basil of Ostrog, miracle-worker of great proportions, energy, and power.
- God gave the possibility for man to become a saint, meaning to be set apart.
- A saint is one who has perfected God's gifts and maximally strove to show himself before people as the true and eternal shepherd.
- This happens in our Lord Jesus Christ, the incarnate Logos, who is true man and true God.