Tag: Abba Daniel
Here Is ‘How Dante Can Save Your Life’
How Dante is the culmination of a journey I took in public, on this blog, and in private. It is a sequel, or sorts, to The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, but you don’t have to have read Little Way to get into How Dante. And if you did read Little Way, you’ll want to read… Read More ›
Belief in the True Presence
This is what Abba Daniel, the Pharanite, said, ‘Our Father Abba Arsenius told us of an inhabitant of Scetis, of notable life and of simple faith; through his naïveté he was deceived and said, “The bread which we receive is not really the body of Christ, but a symbol. Two old men having learnt that he had uttered this… Read More ›
Desert Truth of the Eucharist
This is what Abba Daniel, the Pharanite, said: ‘Our Father Abba Arsenius told us of an inhabitant of Scetis, of notable life and of simple faith; through his naïveté he was deceived and said, “The bread which we receive is not really the body of Christ, but a symbol. Two old men having learnt that… Read More ›
Think Seriously About the Way You Act
Abba Daniel, the disciple of Abba Arsenius, described how Arsenius told the following story as if it had happened to somebody else, though Daniel was convinced Arsenius was actually talking of himself: A certain old man was sitting in his cell when a voice came to him, saying, “Come with me and I will show… Read More ›