Category Archives: Desert Fathers

Give us A Word of Salvation

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Administrator

“If you can’t do either this or that what can I do for you? Prayer alone is what you need.” Continue reading →

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What Do Angels Smell?

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Administrator

We can’t smell the smells of the world, they don’t affect us. What we do smell is the smell in the souls of sinners.”
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On the many forms of vainglory

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Administrator

The sun shines on all alike, and vainglory beams on all activities. For instance, I am vainglorious when I fast, and when I relax the fast in order to be unnoticed …. Continue reading →

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Few Men

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Administrator

6. Few men receive both power and wisdom from God. Through power we partake of divine blessings; through wisdom we manifest them. This participation and this communication to others is a truly divine gift, beyond man’s unaided capacity. (St Gregory … Continue reading →

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Promises of The Spirit

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Administrator

Let each give heed to himself, and examine his own conscience at all times, and try the work of his heart, what diligence and striving towards God his mind has; Continue reading →

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We Made This World Look Absurd

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Administrator

VI.iii.15. The fathers said that a certain Macarius was the first to set up a monastery in Scete. That place is a long way off from Nitria, distant by a journey of about a day and a night. There are … Continue reading →

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A True Sanctuary

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Administrator

A true sanctuary, even before the life to come, is a heart free from distractive thoughts … Continue reading →

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Which is more important for salvation, who you are or what you do?

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Administrator

“Which is more important for salvation, who you are or what you do?” Continue reading →

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He Wrote on the Walls

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Administrator

Then, going to the wall, he read the names and cried to himself: ‘When you possess all these, then you will know how far you still are from God!’ Continue reading →

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Because of the Ceasless Prayer

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Administrator

But when it arrived at a certain spot where there was a hermit it stopped short for ten days and was unable to go any further because of the ceaseless prayer which the hermit was offering. Continue reading →

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