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Detachment – Opening the Way to Salvation
Interrupting the Silence —
Authority: 120
A brother came to see Abba Macarius the Egyptian, and said to him, “Abba, give me a word, that I may be saved.” So the old man said, “Go to the cemetery and abuse the dead.” The brother went there, abused them and threw stones at them; then he returned and told the old man about it. The latter said to him, ...2 weeks ago -
Monastic deserts are uninhabited not uninhabitable. A Benedictine oblate blog
Oblate Blog —
Authority: 110
CityDesert — “Desert Spirituality for the City” — is a new-to-me blog that is well worth reading. The “desert” homes of the early desert fathers may have been more like uninhabited remote areas that were actually fit for the support of life and not the completely barren wastelands that I sometimes ...4 weeks ago
