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

Amma Syncletica said, "There are many who live in the mountains and behave as…

Abba Anthony said to Abba Poemen, 'this is the great work of a man: always to…

Someone asked Abba Anthony, 'What must one do in order to please God?' The old…

This Spirit gives us the pledge of salvation, the force of life, and the light…

It happened that when Abba Arsenius was sitting in his cell that he was…

One nun came to Blessed Sarah and said to her: "Pray for me, my lady." The…

Let your Spirit lay hold of and possess all our secret affections, transmuting…

The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes. -St Teresa of Avila…

Amma Theodora also said, "There was a monk, who, because of the great number of…

Abba Anthony said, 'Whoever has not experienced temptation cannot enter into…