Anthony of Egypt: How we treat those around us is how we treat God.

Home » Meditations » Meditations » Anthony of Egypt: How we treat those around us is how we treat God.

“With our neighbor there is life and death: for if we do good to our brother, we shall do good to God: but if we scandalize our brother, we sin against Christ.”

St. Anthony of Egypt, an early desert father (c. 251-356) in The Desert Fathers, ed. Helen Waddell (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1957) 123.