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The Monk and the Bible
A Story from a 4th Century Desert Father Here is a story taken from a Thomas Merton book titled The Wisdom of the Desert and it comes to us from the fourth century desert father, Abbot Anastasius. There once was a wise monk, Abbot Anastasius, living alone in the desert, who had a very nice […]