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

A brother came to Scetis to visit Abba Moses and asked him for a word. The old…

A brother at Scetis committed a fault. A council was called to which Abba Moses…

A brother came to see Abba Macarius the Egyptian, and said to him, "Abba, give…

Abba Macarius said, "If slander has become to you the same as praise, poverty…

Abba Macarius while he was in Egypt discovered a man who owned a beast of…

Amma Matrona said, "We carry ourselves whereever we go and we cannot escape…

A hermit said, ‘I never wanted work to be useful to me while causing loss to my…

A brother said to a hermit, ‘If I see a monk about whom I have heard that he is…

Abba Macarius said, "If you reprove someone, you yourself get carried away by…

It was said of Abba Macarius the Egyptian that one day when he was going up…