Having had the pleasure recently, on the 4th February, to visit the Abbey of Saint Victor in Marseille, which was founded by Saint John Cassian in the early fifth century, I read Cassian‘s Collations these days, his collection of teachings given by the Desert Fathers whom he encountered in his day and age, and would … Continue reading Spiritual advice from the Desert Fathers (as reported by Saint John Cassian) no. 1: Abba Moses the Ethiopian on the gift of discretion and on moderate fasting