Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Desert Father talking...

"In Egypt, once when Abba Poemen was going somewhere, he saw a woman sitting by a grave and weeping bitterly. He said, 'If all the delights of this world should come to her, they would not alleviate her sorrow. Just so should the monk always be weeping in his heart.'" - Sayings of the Desert Fathers

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  1. Tom in Vegas8:55 PM

    I love this. Is this by any chance from the The Cloud of Unknowing?

    Tom

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  2. Terry Nelson9:26 PM

    Tom - No it is from a Penguin Classic series: "The Desert Fathers - Sayings of the Early Christian Monks."

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