Prayer
A Word From the Desert
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September 2, 2015
Become All Flame
Abba Joseph came to Abba Lot and said to him: ‘Father, according to my strength I keep a moderate rue of prayer and fasting, quiet and meditation, and as far as I can I control my imagination; what more must I do?’
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September 2, 2015
I Am A Beginner
The old men used to say, ‘When you see a young man ascending up to heaven through his own will, seize him by the foot and pull him down, for this is good for him.’
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August 28, 2015
When I Fall
A monk looking for some guidance encouragement went to Abba Sisoius and asked: ‘What am I to do since I have fallen?’
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August 28, 2015
Books
An old man said: The prophets wrote books, then came our Fathers who put them into practice.
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August 23, 2015
Hospitality
One monk was moved to question the difference between the monk who received visitors and the one who did not: the example he chose was his visit to the austere noble man, Arsenius, and to the reformed robber, Moses.
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August 28, 2015
Relax Your Efforts
The Desert Fathers lived a life of continual ‘striving’, but not of taut effort the whole time.