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Letters from the Desert: A Selection of Questions and Responses is unavailable, but you can change that!

Dive into the letters of two monastic elders: the “Great Old Man,” Barsanuphius, and the “Other Old Man,” John, who lived in the southern region around Gaza during the early part of the sixth century. Maintaining strict seclusion within their cells, they spoke to others only through letters by way of Abba Seridos, the abbot of the monastic community in Gaza. John’s authority was more...

receive any strength to deal with them. And forgive me, that “once I have spoken, but I shall not add to it a second time” (Job 39:30). But I marvel at how that warmth of my love for the Abbot and the brothers has grown cold. Pray for me for the Lord’s sake. Response Brother, remember that the Lord told his disciples: “Are you also without understanding?” (Mt 15:16 and Mk 7:18) For I wrote to you saying: “Be accurate with your thoughts.” If you had toiled to be accurate, you would have learned that
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