tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post4044953765392996292..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: Bernard, Gyrovagues, and AcediaBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-68902852102952778212010-10-24T14:04:37.829-04:002010-10-24T14:04:37.829-04:00Haha, thanks :)Haha, thanks :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-91346905464710452472010-10-23T09:23:00.767-04:002010-10-23T09:23:00.767-04:00Amma Theodora has always been one of my favorites....Amma Theodora has always been one of my favorites.<br /><br />P.s. Great profile pic!Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-90664422846625627172010-10-22T20:30:27.802-04:002010-10-22T20:30:27.802-04:00This same vice comes up in the Desert Fathers and ...This same vice comes up in the Desert Fathers and Mothers. The one I just came across earlier today was from Amma Theodora:<br /><br />She also said, 'It is good to live in peace, for the wise man practices perpetual prayer. It is truly a great thing for a virgin or a monk to live in peace, especially for the younger ones. However, you should realize that as soon as you intend to live in peace, at one evil comes and weighs down your soul through <em>accidie</em>, faintheartedness, and evil thoughts. It also attacks your body through sickness, debility, weakening of the knees, and all the members. I*t dissipates the strength of soul and body, so that one believes one is ill and no longer able to pray. But if we are vigilant, all these temptations fall away. There was, in fact a monk who was seized by cold and fever every time he began to pray, and he suffered from headaches, too. In this condition, he said to himself, "I am ill, and near to death; so now I will get up before I die and pray." By reasoning this way, he did violence to himself and prayed. When he had finished, the fever abated also. So, by reasoning in this way, the brother resisted, prayed and was able to conquer his thoughts. <br /><br /><br />From the great Benedicta Ward translation. A whole lot of quote when acedia is only mentioned briefly in the middle, but any opportunity to get great Desert quotes out there is well spent, in my opinion :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-86471675312699980552010-10-17T02:15:47.098-04:002010-10-17T02:15:47.098-04:00Well, Bonaventure did a good job describing me!Well, Bonaventure did a good job describing me!Mark D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05000893614655251587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-9906172385514525902010-10-16T16:30:52.373-04:002010-10-16T16:30:52.373-04:00It is the Doctor Mellifluus who speaks to all of u...It is the Doctor Mellifluus who speaks to all of us!Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-2508855281371734282010-10-16T16:28:24.224-04:002010-10-16T16:28:24.224-04:00I fear you a speaking to me...CathyI fear you a speaking to me...CathyA Bit of the Blarneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18418671116015181693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-55489521578114225582010-10-16T10:06:21.511-04:002010-10-16T10:06:21.511-04:00Yes, and unfortunately, it's my greatest vice....Yes, and unfortunately, it's my greatest vice. Pray for me.Ad Abolendamnoreply@blogger.com