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Monday January 12 2026, 11H32
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They used to say that Abba Netira, who was the disciple of Abba Sylvanus, and who dwelt in his cell in Mount Sinai, trained his body, and exercised it in ascetic labours with moderation; but when he was called by force to the episcopacy, he afflicted himself with stern and laborious works. And his disciple said to him, ' Abba, when we lived in the desert you did not lead such a life of abstinence and self-denial as you now do'; and the old man said to him, There I had the desert, and silence, and poverty, and I only had to direct my body in moderation so that it might not become ill; but here I have the world, and I must vex my body so that it may not be caught by any lust whatsoever, and that I may not lose my labours.'
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