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In the earliest days of Christian monasticism the spiritual father did much more than instruct and advise. The neophyre lived in the same cell with him, day and night, and did what he saw his father doing. He made known to the father "all the thoughts that came into his heart" and was told, on the spot, how to react. In this way he learned the spiritual life in a concrete and experimental way. He literally absorbed and reproduced in his own life the life and spirit of his "father in Christ." (Spiritual Direction THOMAS MERTON and Meditation, page 9).
Posted on: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 02:39:38 +0000

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