Saturday, March 13, 2010

The Desert Fathers...

God has shown me that I should not call anyone profane or unclean (Act 10:28)

A church elder would visit a hermit and consecrate the Eucharist for him. Someone reported bad things about that elder to the hermit. The next time he came, the hermit refused to let him in. Then the hermit heard a voice saying, "Men have usurped the judgment of God." In a vision he saw a leper lifting a golden bucket on an golden rope from a golden well. The water was abundant and the hermit was thirsty, but he would not accept any water because of the leper. The voice spoke again, "Why won't you drink this water? Does it matter who draws it? All he is doing is pouring it out for you." The hermit understood the significance of the vision and he asked the elder to return.

Call no one unclean.

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