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

Abba Alonius said, 'If I had not destroyed myself completely, I should not have…

A brother asked the Abba Agathon, 'I have received a command, but there is…

Abba Evagrius said, 'Take away temptations and no-one will be saved.' Only in…

Abba Agathon said, 'One who is angry, even if they were to raise the dead, is…

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…