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From: 11/6/78 11:38am Boston, MA
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posted January 03, 2007 01:48 PM         

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"The following desert story offers a good illustration: 'A brother... committed a fault. A council was called to which Abba Moses was invited, but he refused to go to it. Then the priest sent someone to say to him, "Come, for everyone is waiting for you." So he got up and went. He took a leaking jug, filled it with water, and carried it with him. The others came out to meet him and said to him, "What is this, Father?" The old man said to them, "My sins run out behind me, and I do not see them, and today I am coming to judge the error of another." When they heard that they said no more to the brother but forgave him.'

"... Of Abba Ammonas, a disciple of Anthony, it is said that 'his goodness was so great that he took no notice of wickedness.'"

- from: "The Way of the Heart" by Henri Nouwen

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posted January 03, 2007 05:40 PM         

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