The Desert Fathers
by Helen Waddell
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Author: Helen WaddellBrand: Random House
Preface: Basil Pennington
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); Latin (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-03-24
ISBN: 0375700196
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: Austerity of the cell
Summary: 4 Stars
These earliest of monks take Christ's admonition "to sell everything and follow Him" to heart. With deep austerity, and prayer they follow a path utterly dedicated to a spiritual life. Despite their austerity, there are at times a surprising expressions of personality, and even community among the solitaire cells and companionship of the monks. There are stories of hermits with lions as companions, of sustainment of a few herbs or palm leaves, of them helping thieves stealing from them, or selling Gospels to help the poor. However these monks are humble in their faith, and a lesson often repeated in these stories is humility and compassion for temptations that they themselves feel. The temptations of women, and even a monks' expression of Pelagia "the harlots" beauty was surprisingly sensuous. It may seem impossible for us to be isolated like this, but we can quest for solitude as abbot Antony said "Who sits in solitude escapes from three wars: hearing, speaking, seeing"
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