Sister Suzanne, Author at Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)

Whenever his thoughts urged him to pass judgement on something which he saw, he…

The same Abba Agathon said, 'I have never offered agapes; but the fact of…

It was said of Abba Agathon and of Abba Amoun that, when they had anything to…

It was said of Abba Agathon that for three years he lived with a stone in his…

It was said of Abba Agathon that he often went away taking nothing but his…

Abba Agathon also said, 'A person is like a tree, bodily asceticism is the…

Abba Agathon also said, 'I have never gone to sleep with a grievance against…

Abba Agathon said, 'Under no circumstances should the monk let his conscience…

It was also said of Abba Arsenius that on Saturday evenings, preparing for the…

Amma Syncletica said, "If you find yourself in a monastery do not go to another…