“The Ancient Desert Fathers, when they were disconsolate and without hope, would repeat one word, over and over, as a kind of… — Gregory Boyle Copy Share Image
“Looking out the window of a large women's monastery after Divine Liturgy, my friend saw a few nuns walking toward the woods… — Constantina R. Palmer Copy Share Image
“A community is not a place where 'desert fathers' are testing themselves - more and more, harder and harder, each on his… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
“The old men used to say that we should each of us look upon our neighbor's experiences as if they were our… — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
“The Desert Fathers believed that the wilderness had been created supremely valuable in the eyes of God precisely because it had no… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“It is in the ‘other world’ of the Divine Liturgy that we are supremely enabled to see Christ. In the Holy Eucharist… — Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou Copy Share Image
“The same Abba Theophilus, the archbishop, came to Scetis one day. The brethren who were assembled said to Abba Pambo, "Say something… — Abba Pambo Copy Share Image
