Reactivation and Sisoes
July 6, 2009
My European adventure ended last week, and I apologize for having left this blog dormant without notice for so long. Don’t have much to say these days but perhaps soon I’ll post a little piece I’m submitting for a newsletter.
For today, since it is the feast of one of my favorite Desert Fathers, St. Sisoes the Great, I’ll share this word:
Abba Sisoes expressed himself freely one day, saying, ‘Have confidence: for thirty years I have not prayed to God about my faults, but I have made this prayer to him: “Lord Jesus, save me from my tongue,” and until now every day, I fall because of it, and commit sin.’ (The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection, trans. Benedicta Ward, SLG, Sisoes §4)
And lastly, a picture I took one evening in Bad Dürkheim, where my aunt and her family generously hosted me for a total of 6 weeks:
