From the teachings of the fathers, the elders of the wilderness - Part Four
They mentioned about one of the brothers that he was a neighbor of a distinguished sheikh, so he used to enter his cell every day and steal whatever he found [...]
They mentioned about one of the brothers that he was a neighbor of a distinguished sheikh, so he used to enter his cell every day and steal whatever he found [...]
He also said: “If we loved God as we love our friends, we would be blessed, because I saw someone who grieved his friend, and he did not even find peace.”
It was said that one of the fathers was sitting in the distant prairie and was silent, and one day his student asked him, saying: “Why, father?”
Let the brother who stays with you be like a son and a disciple, and if he makes a mistake and spoils something, admonish him and reveal to him his mistake so that he does not return.
Thieves came to a cell during prayer time, so the priest said to the brothers: “Let them do their work, and we will do our work.” A brother said to an old man: “Why?”
It was reported that Father Eladius lived in Scetis for twenty years in a cell. He did not raise his eyes to look at its ceiling, and his food was always bread and salt.
Saint Dorotheos said: There is nothing worse than judgment for man, because because of it he advances to evils and dwells in evils. So whoever condemns
One of the brothers visited Father Silvanus at Mount Sinai, and when he saw the brothers devoted to work, he said to the sheikh: “Do not work for stale food.”
Bishop Ammonius the bishop: One of the brothers asked him to say a word to him, and the sheikh said: “Go and always imagine in your mind the evildoers.”
It was said that they were seven brothers from the same family. All of them became Scetis monks. When the Berbers came and destroyed the Sqit in the first batch,
“For mercy comes from the Lord, and he will redeem Israel from all their sins.” Do our offenses against God hurt us? Yes, as much as we love him!