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The Fruit in the Seed
And this tenant of [St. Antony's] was also truly wonderful, that neither the way of virtue nor the separation from the world for its sake ought to be measured in terms of time spent, but by the...
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Save the World
Proof of [St. Antony's] virtue and that his soul was loved by God is found in the fact that he is famous everywhere and is marveled at by everyone, and is dearly missed by people who never saw him....
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The Four Forms of Prayer: Part 3, Vows
Abba Antony said: “Now I do not fear God, but I love him: for love casteth out fear” [cf. 1 John 4:18] ~ Sayings of the Desert Fathers 17.1 St. Antony’s saying, like much ancient Christian wisdom, is...
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Rejection and Resurrection
The monks praised a brother to Abba Antony. But Antony went to him and tested whether he could endure abuse. And when he perceived that he could not bear it, he said: “You are like a house with a...
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The Art of Eternal Life
[Abba Isaac said:] “St. Antony … uttered this heavenly, inspired, saying on the end of prayer: ‘That prayer is not perfect in which the monk understands himself and the words which he is praying.'” ~...
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The Ladder of Humility: Step 2
The second degree of humility is, if anyone, not wedded to his own will, finds no pleasure in the compassing of his desires; but fulfils with his practice the word of our Lord: “I came not to do mine...
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The Top of the Ladder: Love
After he has climbed all these degrees of humility, the monk will quickly arrive at the top, the charity that is perfect and casts out all fear. And then, the virtues which first he practised with...
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Be the Bee!
[T]he monk who desires to gather spiritual honey, ought like a most careful bee, to suck out virtue from those who specially possess it, and should diligently store it up in the vessel of his own...
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