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There was a certain head of a monastery in a house of monks in the desert, and it happened that the brother who ministered to him had a desire to leave the monastery, and he departed and dwelt in another monastery; now the old man was unwilling to let him go, and on this account he was always going to him to visit him, and he entreated him to return to his monastery, and the brother refused to do so. And for three whole years the old man used to go to the brother and entreat him to return, and finally he was constrained, and he departed with him. One day the old man told him to go out and bring in some fuel for the fire, and while he was gathering the firewood, by the agency of Satan, a stick stuck in his eye and it was put out; and when the old man heard of this he was greatly grieved, and being full of sorrow he began to speak to him words of good cheer. And the brother answered, and said, ' Be not afflicted, O father, for I was the cause of this myself, for this has happened to me through all the toil and labour which I brought upon you when you used to go and come to me.' And after a little time, when the brother had recovered from the sickness caused by the injury to his eye, the old man said to him, 'Go out and bring in some palm leaves from the ground,' for this was the work which the monks who dwelt there had to do; and while the brother was cutting them, once again, as it were by the agency of Satan, a stick sprang up in the air, and smote the man in the other eye, and it was put out, and he came to the monastery in grief, and he was perforce idle and useless because he was unable to do any work. Thus the old man was deprived [of a servant], and he had no one with him, because each of the brothers dwelt in his own cell. And after a short time the day of his departure, which he had known beforehand, drew nigh, and he sent and called all the brothers and said to them, 'The day of my departure has drawn nigh. Watch you yourselves, and take good heed to the service of your lives (or life's work), and treat not lightly your ascetic labours.' And each one of them began to say to him sorrowfully, ' Father, why are you leaving us?' and the old man held his peace. Then he sent and brought the blind man, and revealed to him concerning his departure, and the blind man wept and said unto him, 'Wherefore leave you me, the blind man?' The old man said to him, ' Pray that I may have openness of face with God, and that I may find mercy before Him, and I have hope through His help, that on the First Day of the Week you will be able to perform the service with your companions'; and straightway the old man died. And, according to his word, a few days later he appeared to that brother, and his eyes were opened, and he became an Abba and a head of monks. Now these things were related to us by those who were acquainted with the period wherein the old man lived.


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The intentions of the Pope for the month of January

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  • Novena to Our Lady of Fatima from May 4 to 12, 2017
    • In preparation for the May 13 (100 year anniversary 1917-2017) Feast Day of Our Lady of Fatima, we can pray a 9-day Novena to Our Lady of Fatima. Please join us in prayer as we approach the 100th anniversary of Our Lady's 1917 appearances in Fatima, Portugal. Also, Francisco and Jacinta will be canonized by Pope Francis on that day.
Novena to Our Lady of Fatima

Most Holy Virgin, who has deigned to come to Fatima to reveal to the three little shepherds the treasures of graces hidden in the recitation of the Rosary, inspire our hearts with a sincere love of this devotion, so that by meditating on the mysteries of our redemption that are recalled in it, we may gather the fruits and obtain the conversion of sinners, the conversion of Russia, and this favor that I so earnestly seek, request which I ask of you in this novena, for the greater glory of God, for your own honor, and for the good of all people. Amen.   Pray 3 sets of: 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, and 1 Glory Be

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