Oblate Program at Belmont Abbey, NC

Tag: Abba Achilles

Love of neighbor

Three old men, of whom one had a bad reputation, came one day to Abba Achilles. The first asked him, ‘Father, make me a fishing-net.’ ‘I will not make you one,’ he replied. Then the second said, ‘Of your charity make one, so that we may have a souvenir of you in the monastery.’ But… Read More ›

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