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

The brothers praised a monk before Abba Anthony. When the monk came to see him,…

O you righteous, rejoice and exult because you see the One whom you love. You…

Approach God as one who sows and reaps. Give up your whims and act for God.…

In God we live through faith, we move and advance through hope, we have our…

“As the Christ-child in the womb advanced toward birth in a long, deep silence,…

Abba Anthony said also, 'just as fish die if they stay too long out of water,…

Abba Anthony also said, 'Our life and our death is with our neighbour. If we…

Abba Anthony also said, 'Some have afflicted their bodies by asceticism, but…

Abba Anthony said, 'I saw the snares that the enemy spreads out over the world…

Abba Pambo asked Abba Anthony, 'What ought I to do?' and the old man said to…