“Is not Wisdom calling? Is not Understanding raising her voice? On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossways, she takes her stand: by the gates, at the entrance to the city, at the access to the doors she cries out, ‘I am calling to you, all people, my words are addressed to all humanity. … Continue reading Spiritual advice from the Desert Fathers (as reported by Saint John Cassian) no. 2: Abba Paphnutius on the beauty of a soul filled with virtue