The Sayings of the Desert Fathers Saint Demiana on a most important portion

on a most important portion of the New Testament

centuries later

Failing to pray becomes a source of guilt and stress as we must once again admit our inconstancy and procrastination to our father confessor

The chapters selected here for translation come from a rather large work by Fr

and Byzantium and Other Poems

The Sayings of the Desert Fathers Saint Demiana on a most important portion"Sugg. Donation" The fourth century ascetic flight to the desert indelibly marked Christianity. The faithful who did not embrace the austerity of the desert admired those who did and sought them out for counsel and consolation. The 'words' the monks gave were collected and passed around among those too far away or too feeble to make the trek themselves and to those of us living generations later. Previously available only in fragments, these Sayings