Give Me a Word: The Alphabetical Sayings of the Desert Fathers SVS Press of carrying one another's burdens

of carrying one another's burdens in the most direct and natural ways

and John--are sometimes overshadowed by the stirring theology of the great Apostle to the Gentiles

This work is a companion volume to Saint Macarius the Spirit Bearer

His sights set on God and his life grounded in the Church

Give Me a Word: The Alphabetical Sayings of the Desert Fathers SVS Press of carrying one another's burdens"Sugg. Donation" When Christians first began living as monks in the Egyptian desert at the beginning of the fourth century, they had few books and almost no learning. As they gained experience, they concentrated that experience in the form of an oral tradition of tales and sayings (apophthegmata). Apart from the Scriptures (also learned by heart) this was the only training manual they had. Consequently, when the onslaught of barbarians drove many