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August 2017
August 30, 2017
Forge the Virtue You Need, Not the One Others Say You Must Seek
Abba Anthony said, "Whoever hammers a lump of iron, first decides what he is going...
August 18, 2017
We Must Have Times For Community and Times For Silence
Abba Anthony once went to visit Abba Amoun in Mount Nitria and when they met,...
August 07, 2017
He also said, "Always have the fear of God before your eyes. Remember him who...
July 2017
July 26, 2017
Humility Allows Us To Learn From Others
He also said, "Nine monks fell away after many labors and were obsessed with spiritual...
July 14, 2017
Humility Protects Us From Spiritual Deception
Some brothers came to find Abba Anthony to tell him about the visions they were...
June 2017
June 30, 2017
Abba Anthony said, "I believe that the body possesses a natural movement, to which it...
June 21, 2017
Love Hopes For All As It Works For All
Ralph Martin’s Will Many Be Saved? systematized the basic criticism many have had concerning modern...
June 16, 2017
Do Not Become Like A Fish Out Of Water
He also said, "Just as fish die if they stay too long out of water,...
May 2017
May 31, 2017
Christians Should Humbly Learn From The Mosaic Tradition
The brethren came to Abba Anthony and laid before him a passage from Leviticus. The...
May 17, 2017
The Oneness In Silence Is Greater Than The Dualism In Words
Three Fathers used to go and visit blessed Anthony every year and two of them...
May 01, 2017
Even In Silence, There Will Be Temptation
He said also, "He who wishes to live in solitude in the desert is delivered...
April 2017
April 18, 2017
Be Humble, Remember Those Who Faced Greater Challenges Than Us
He also said, "God does not allow the same warfare and temptations to this generation...
April 03, 2017
Detach Yourself From What Holds You Back From Following God
A brother renounced the world and gave his goods to the poor, but he kept...
March 2017
March 20, 2017
We Must All Work Out Our Own Salvation
A brother said to Abba Anthony, "Pray for me." The old man said to him,...
March 01, 2017
Humility Can Overcome The Snares Of The Devil
Abba Anthony said, "I saw the snares that the enemy spreads out over the world...
February 2017
February 15, 2017
Close Your Mouth To Empty Yourself
Abba Pambo asked Abba Anthony, "What ought I to do?" and the old man said...
February 02, 2017
A brother in a monastery was falsely accused of fornication and he arose and went...
January 2017
January 17, 2017
Abba Anthony heard of a very young monk who had performed a miracle on the...
January 09, 2017
Someone asked Abba Anthony, "What must one do in order to please God?" The old...
December 2016
December 29, 2016
They said that a certain old man asked God to let him see the Fathers...
December 19, 2016
Temptation Is A Part Of The Path To Salvation
Abba Anthony said to Abba Poemen, "This is the great work of man: always to...
December 12, 2016
Keep Your Attention On Your Spiritual Condition
When the same Abba Anthony thought about the depth of the judgments of God, he...
December 05, 2016
He also said, "Some have afflicted their bodies by asceticism, but they lack discernment, and...
November 2016
November 22, 2016
Abba Anthony said, "A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they...
November 15, 2016
A hunter in the desert saw Abba Anthony enjoying himself with the brethren and he...
November 07, 2016
When the holy Abba Anthony lived in the desert he was beset by accidie, and...
October 2016
October 17, 2016
The brethren came to the Abba Anthony and said to him, "Speak a word; how...
October 12, 2016
One day Abba Anthony received a letter from the Emperor Constantius, asking him to come...
September 2016
September 27, 2016
Some brothers were coming from Scetis to see Abba Anthony. When they were getting into...
September 21, 2016
Become Like Fire, Acquire the Holy Spirit
Some say of Saint Anthony that he was "Spirit-borne," that is, carried along by the...
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