pachorn~an ko~nonla - Alin Suciu

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Lk 10:19.
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Let us give our
heart no reat
Mi 7:l-2.
Mt 24:22.
Cf. Jr 31(38):34
'Cf. Mi 7:s.
kf. Am 8:13.
Cf. Lm 5:s.
Cf. Am4:l.
Cf. Am 2:7.
cf. zp n:e.
Cf. Pa 69(68):20
Let wr struggle
'Cf. 2 Tm 4:s;
1 Co 935.
kf. Lk 22:30.
kf. h 263.
Cf. Rv 2:17.
Pochomian Koinonia III The Imtructiom of Saint Pachomius
men, hut precious and glorious before God. If we nquered we shall have regrets and weep bitter
acquire it we shall trample the whole force ofthe
Let us do battle with ourselves while penenemy
underfoot. It is said, Whom shall I con-
e is within our grasp. Let us put on mortificasider,
ifnot the humble and meek? ,, that we may be renewed in purity. Let Cf. Eph 433-24.
48. Let us not give our hearts rest in time of
us love men, that we may be friends of Jesus,
famine. For boasting and self-conceit have increased,
gluttony has also increased, fornication
reigns through the gratification of the flesh, pride
prevails. The juniors no longer obey the elders; the
elders no longer care for the juniors, and everyone
goes along according to his own whims.' Now is
the time to cry with the prophet, Woe is me, 0 my
soul, the pious man has disappeared from the
earth, and he who is upnght among men does not
exist according to Christ, that is, does not exist at
all. Eueyone has crushed his neighb0r.P
49. Struggle, my beloved, for the time is near
and'the days have been shortened.' There i
father who instructs his children, there is no c
1. If we have promised God the monastic
aet us carry out the works of monastic life,
ch are fasting, purity, silence, humility, selfeffacement,)'
love, virginity not only of body, but
the virginity that is an armor against every sin. For
in the Gospel some virgins were sent back because
of their laziness, while those who kept courageous
watch entered into the wedding chamher.2 May
everyone then enter there for everts
52. We are assailed by [the temptation of] the
ove of money. If you wish to acquire riches-they
bait on the fmher's hook1-by greed, by
ng, by violence, by ruse, or by excessive
anual work that deprives you of leisure for the
Let us carry out
what we have
promised
Cf. Mt25:l-13.
Against the love
of money
that obeys its father;P* good virgins are no longer ~ cof e God-in a word by any other means-if
the holy fathers have died on all sides; the mothe you have desired to pile up gold or silver, rememand
the widows are no longer, and we have be- ber what the Gospel says, Fool! They will snatch
come like orphans; the humble are crushed un- away your soul dunng the night! Who willget yow
derfoot; and blows are showered upon the head hoard? Again, He piles up money without Lk meo.
of the poor. Therefore there is little to hold back knowing to whom it willg~.~ Ps 39(38):6.
the wrath of God from grieving us, with no one to
console us. All this has befallen us because we have
53. Struggle, my beloved, fight the passions
and say, I will act like Abraham, I will raise