Tag: Reading
Why Should we Read the Desert Fathers?
Conversation and association with one’s neighbors very much affects a person. Conversation and acquaintance with a learned man communicates much knowledge; with a poet,...
Tolle Lege – Take Up and Read
The exercise of reading conjures up all kinds of different feelings and emotions for different people. For some, reading is one of life’s greatest...
Holy Scripture In The Life Of A Monk
During my last retreat to the monasteries in Egypt last January and in my numerous spiritual consultations with many of the elders, the topic...
How To Read The Bible
According to Saint Mark the Monk (“Mark the Ascetic,” fifth/sixth century), “He who is humble in his thoughts and engaged in spiritual work, when...
The Study Of Scripture Is An Instruction For Life
The study of inspired Scripture is the chief way of finding our duty, for in it we find both instruction about conduct and the...
The Benefits of Spiritual Reading
Reading, in general, gathers the mind from its wandering and leads it to concentrate on the subject of the reading. When the topic of...
Early Christian Writings – The Epistle of St Ignatius to the...
St Ignatius (35-107 AD) the bishop of Antioch is the second Bishop of Antioch after St Peter the apostle. He was taken from Antioch to...
Monastery Retreats
The Lord of Glory sent a cherub, he led him into this mountain and when he had set his seal on Abba Macarius by...
His Delight Is In The Law Of The Lord
The Law occupies many chapters in the Book of Exodus. The Lord emphasised keeping, memorising and always following the Law; “And these words which...
A Gospel Motivation For The Monastic Life
“I suggest that, given what we know of the social tensions in Roman Egypt, the presence of an emerging culture of asceticism, and the...
