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Desert Fathers, silence, and wisdom

8 May 2011 · by  Fr. Ernesto 2 Comments

Compel yourselves in silence, the mother of all godly virtues. Keep silent, in order to say the Prayer [of Jesus]; for, when someone speaks, how is he able to escape idle talk, from which comes every evil word, which weighs the soul down by the responsibility for it. — Elder Ephraim of Philotheou Mount Athos, […]

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