Desert Christians

Harmless, William S.J.

Desert Christians An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monoasticism Harmless, William - New York Oxford University Press 2004 - xxii, 152 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-152).

I could say as much to you -- Work and pray -- A desert retreat -- How shall we rise? -- Whatever God hands you -- I deserve better, don't I? -- What happened? -- Little lady -- To blame myself -- Wherever I go I find support -- Door-to-door penitence -- Saying nothing -- Iona stone -- Love, tomorrow, nevertheless -- Not the end of the word -- In sickness -- Mind your mind -- The cross of solitude -- The outcast of all -- Good vigilantes -- In my cell -- Don't lose yourself -- Love and anger -- In the desert, they are burned -- The rest of your lives -- To follow what your tongue is saying -- Lose it to find it -- Fighting fire -- In the stillness, in the calm -- Be both Mary and Martha -- Turn to the old -- All eye -- What we're made of -- What can I say? -- Velvet ash -- Learn, then teach -- And have not love -- Her own heart -- The enemy in question -- Afterwards.

9780195162233

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Meditations.
Desert Fathers.
Monastic and religious life of women.
Women in Christianity.

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BR 190 HAR