Interrupting the Silence » Desert Spirituality

Jesus got up early, while it was still very dark, and left the security of the house to go to this deserted place, this wilderness place. My guess is that nobody wants to go to that place and yet...

https://interruptingthesilence.com/2021/02/07/life-in-the-deserted-place-a-sermon-on-mark-129-39/

A Word from the Desert Abba Macarius the Great said to the brothers at Scetis, when he dismissed the assembly, ‘Flee, my brothers.’ One of the old men asked him, ‘Where could we flee to bey...

https://interruptingthesilence.com/2015/03/27/lent-with-the-desert-fathers-fasting-from-words/

A Word from the Desert “A brother came to see Abba Macarius the Egyptian, and said to him, ‘Abba, give me a word, that I may be saved.’ So the old man said, ‘Go to the cemetery and abuse ...

https://interruptingthesilence.com/2015/03/19/lent-with-the-desert-fathers-detaching-from-anothers-scorn-or-praise/

A Word From the Desert “The same Abba Agathon was walking with his disciples. One of them, finding a small green pea on the road, said to the old man, ‘Father, may I take it?’ The old man, ...

https://interruptingthesilence.com/2015/03/12/lent-with-the-desert-fathers-is-it-yours/

A Word From the Desert Abba Zosimos said, “In time, through neglect, we lose even the little fervor that we suppose we have in our ascetic renunciation. We become attached to useless, insignif...

https://interruptingthesilence.com/2015/03/06/lent-with-the-desert-fathers-detachment-and-simplicity/

A Word from the Desert “Abba Joseph asked Abba Poeman: ‘How should one fast?’ And Abba Poeman said: ‘For my part I think it is better that one should eat every day, but only a little, so ...

https://interruptingthesilence.com/2015/02/27/lent-with-the-desert-fathers-how-should-one-fast/