For the last weeks of Lent until Easter, we will provide daily reflections on the a desert journey. The citations come from John Moses, The Desert. An Anthology for Lent (Harrisburg, PA.: Morehouse, 1997).
Humility
“Certain old men said, ‘If thou seest a young man ascending by his own will up to heaven catch him by the foot and throw him down upon the earth, for it is not expedient for him.”
The Desert Fathers
“Just as one cannot build a ship unless one has some nails, so it is impossible to be saved without humility.”
Abbess Syncletica
Humility
“Certain old men said, ‘If thou seest a young man ascending by his own will up to heaven catch him by the foot and throw him down upon the earth, for it is not expedient for him.”
The Desert Fathers
“Just as one cannot build a ship unless one has some nails, so it is impossible to be saved without humility.”
Abbess Syncletica
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