Try to enter the narrow way...

Abba Matoes said that three old men went to Abba Paphnutius, who was called Cephalus, to ask a word from him. The old man said to them, 'What do you want me to say to you? A spiritual word, or a bodily word?' They said, 'A spiritual word.' The old man said to them, 'Go, and choose trials rather than stillness, shame rather than glory, and to give rather than to receive.' - Abba Matoes

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Wednesday, May 06, 2009

On the lack of vocations to the contemplative life.

Fr. Blake had a very good post on the subject.

Posted by Terry Nelson at 6:27 PM

4 comments:

Tara said...

ROFL! Too bad they don't make shoes like that anymore!

8:56 PM
Thom Curnutte said...

Dear Terry, didn't you know that no one wants to contemplate the Mysteries and pray because we lost the sackcloth and wimples?

Bring 'em back. That'll fix things.

11:39 PM
Thom Curnutte said...

Or so I've heard.

11:40 PM
SF said...

Gene Hackman is an incredible actor!
That was funny.

9:31 AM

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