Tag: temptation
A Camel Loaded with Bread
An old man said, `If temptation comes upon a person, from all sides afflictions multiply against him in order to discourage him and make him grumble’. And the old man recounted the following story: There was a certain brother at Kellia and temptation came upon him, and if someone saw him, that person wanted neither… Read More ›
Temptations Correspond to Our Vulnerabilities
Biblical Reflection for 1st Sunday of Lent C By Father Thomas Rosica, CSB TORONTO, FEB. 17, 2010 (Zenit.org).- … At the very beginning of his campaign for this world and for each one of us, Jesus openly confronted the enemy. He began his fight using the power of Scripture during a night of doubt, confusion,… Read More ›
What to do in Time of Tempatation
The fathers used to say, “If a temptation comes to you in the place where you live, do not leave the place at the time of temptation, for wherever you go you will find that which you fled from there before you. But stay until the temptation is past, that your departure may not cause… Read More ›
Every age poses new challenges …
7. Every age poses new challenges and new temptations for the People of God on their pilgrimage, and our own is no exception. We face a growing secularism that tries to exclude God and religious truth from human affairs. We face an insidious relativism that undermines the absolute truth of Christ and the truths of… Read More ›
The Lord Is Watching Over Your Struggle
There was another brother fiercely attacked by a spirit of fornication who got up in the middle of the night in order to go and confess his temptations to a certain holy old man who had a reputation of great wisdom. When the old man had heard him he gave him some spiritual advice on… Read More ›
Path of Descent
The second temptation of Jesus: Satan takes him up to the pinnacle of the Temple, symbolizing the religious world, and tells him to play righteousness games with God. “Throw yourself off and he’ll catch you” (Matthew 4:6). It’s the only time when the devil quotes Scripture. The second temptation is the need to be right… Read More ›
Working a Field filled with Thorn-apples and Thistles
A brother succumbed to temptation and on account of what was afflicting him quit keeping the monastic rule; wanting to start all over again, he was thwarted by his affliction and said to himself, `When will I find myself like I once was?’ Despondent, he was unable to begin his monastic work so he went… Read More ›