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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
Many consider that their own virtue is sufficient for their salvation, and if they duly regulate their own life, that nothing further is wanting to save them. But in this they greatly err, which is proved by the example of him who buried his one talent, for he brought it back not diminished but entire, and just as it had been delivered to him. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
A pleasure-loving woman, he says, has already died and perished because she devotes all her care to herself. Meanwhile, one must care "for one's own," that is, the faithful, "and especially for those of the household," that is, those belonging to one's family — he means every kind of care, both for the soul and for the body. Why? Because his deeds are not the deeds of a believer. If he believed in God, he would heed His words: "hide not thyself from thine own flesh" (Isa. 58:7). …
Cyprian
The apostle in his first Epistle to Timothy: "But if any take not care of his own, and especially of those of his own household, he denies the faith, and is worse than an infidel."
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
Now God, our master, teaches two chief precepts: love of God and love of neighbor. In them one finds three objects for his love: God, himself and his neighbor. One who loves God is not wrong in loving himself. It follows, therefore, that he will be concerned also that his neighbor should love God, since he is told to love his neighbor as himself. And the same is true of his concern for his wife, his children, for the members of his household, and for all others, so far as is possible. …
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, but if any man, he assigns the reason for his statement that she learn first to govern her own house and to make a return of duty to her parents, saying that she needs to be instructed on this point, because it is a matter of necessity. Therefore, he says, of her own, whose care has been entrusted to her, and especially those of her own house: he set in order charity in me (Song 2:4). …
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