Tag: brother
Become the brother of God
I hear You saying to me: “I will give you what you desire. I will lead you into solitude. I will lead you by the way that you cannot possibly understand, because I want it to be the quickest way. “Therefore all the things around you will be armed against you, to deny you, to… Read More ›
Nothing that may be done for Christ’s sake must be despised
Let this be the model to which your lives conform: to be in thought and desire at home in the everlasting fatherland with Christ, and yet shirk no kind service that can be done for Christ’s sake during the toilsome journey through life; to be willing to follow Christ the Lord on his upward journey… Read More ›
He encouraged in a wonderful way
The holy Helenus remained three days in this monastery, giving talks to the brothers on spiritual matters. As a result many of them brought out into the open the thoughts and secret workings of their hearts. One said that he was troubled by the spirit of fornication, another by the spirit of anger, another by… Read More ›
Kind and humble speech would turn evil men to better
Once when the Abbot Macarius was climbing up the mountain in Nitria, he bade his disciple go a little way before him. And as he went on ahead, the disciple met a priest of the idols, hurrying swiftly, and carrying a great log. And the disciple shouted at him, “Where are you going so fast,… Read More ›
Love of Another
At one time the abbot John was climbing up from Scete with other brethren and the person who was guiding them mistook the way for it was night. And the brethren said to the abbot John, “What shall we do, Father, for the brother has missed the way, and we may lose ourselves and die?”… Read More ›
I do not know the work of men
There was an anchorite who was gazing with the antelopes and who prayed to God, saying, “Lord, teach me something more.” And a voice came to him, saying, “Go into this monastery and do whatever they tell you.” He went there and remained in the monastery, but he did not know the work of the… Read More ›
Laying Down Ones Soul for Another
Two brethren made their way to the city to sell their handiwork: and when in the city they went different ways, divided one from the other, one of them fell into fornication. After a while his brother came to him, saying, “Brother, let us go back to our cell.” But he answered, “I am not… Read More ›