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CONTENTSPreface ..............................................................................................ixAbout the Copts and Their Desert Monasteries...........................xiiiIntroduction.......................................................................................1SEPTEMBERA Time of Uncertainty ...............................................................5OCTOBERA Time of New Beginnings ......................................................24NOVEMBERA Time to Visit Abraham..........................................................32DECEMBERA Time of Signs: Caelum et Terra..............................................58JANUARYA Time of Celebration..............................................................86FEBRUARYA Time to Intercede................................................................111MARCHA Time to Go on Pilgrimage..................................................129APRILA Time of Consecration .........................................................148vii
viiiCONTENTSMAYA Time to Press Onward ........................................................168JUNEA Time to Visit New Places....................................................179JULYA Time for Farewells ..............................................................194Afterword.......................................................................................208
Page 1 and 2: Copyright © 2002 by Mark Gruber, O
Page 4 and 5: JOURNEY BACK TO EDENMy Life and Tim
Page 6 and 7: In gratitude to Abuna Elia,the sain
Page 10 and 11: PREFACEWhile in Egypt, I did not in
Page 12 and 13: PREFACExiElia, to whom this journal
Page 14 and 15: ABOUT THE COPTS AND THEIR DESERT MO
Page 17 and 18: 2 INTRODUCTIONI will be traveling i
Page 19 and 20: 4 INTRODUCTIONmy novitiate and had
Page 21 and 22: 6 SEPTEMBERlarge high-rises. Appare
Page 23 and 24: 8 SEPTEMBERprior to their trip so t
Page 25 and 26: 10 SEPTEMBERyour hands—as much or
Page 27 and 28: 12 SEPTEMBERA Beggar among BeggarsT
Page 29 and 30: 14 SEPTEMBERlabored without rest or
Page 31 and 32: FATHER JOHN WATSONHis Holiness Pope
Page 33 and 34: 18 SEPTEMBERHe drew a cross on top
Page 35 and 36: 20 SEPTEMBERBlessed Lord,You brough
Page 37 and 38: 22 SEPTEMBERtude, and silence, appr
Page 39 and 40: OCTOBERA TIME OF NEW BEGINNINGSThe
Page 41 and 42: 26 OCTOBERcontradictions they fear
Page 43 and 44: 28 OCTOBERdramatic effect of my hea
Page 45 and 46: 30 OCTOBERWill my heart remain here
Page 47 and 48: NOVEMBERA TIME TO VISIT ABRAHAMGues
Page 49 and 50: 34 NOVEMBERThe guest master, it tur
Page 51 and 52: Abuna Elia
Page 53 and 54: 38 NOVEMBERBut in their case, he as
Page 55 and 56: 40 NOVEMBERafter the death of Sarah
Page 57 and 58: 42 NOVEMBERto take his son. All the
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44 NOVEMBERhe sojourned in Egypt in
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46 NOVEMBERthe monastic ideal to a
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48 NOVEMBERArabic LessonsNOVEMBER 2
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50 NOVEMBEROf course, it is not tru
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52 NOVEMBERthe Ark of Noah looked l
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54 NOVEMBERits life-giving water fr
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56 NOVEMBERCross more brightly: fal
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DECEMBERA TIME OF SIGNS: CAELUM ET
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60 DECEMBERfirst sold ourselves to
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62 DECEMBERis by fasting, most of a
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64 DECEMBERficient. If they can obt
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66 DECEMBERThe great apparitions of
Page 83 and 84:
68 DECEMBERKing of the Jews, by the
Page 85 and 86:
70 DECEMBEREveryone seeks the assis
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72 DECEMBERDECEMBER 15, MONDAYAlmos
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74 DECEMBERfor her. She is delighte
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76 DECEMBERtween Alexandria and Cai
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78 DECEMBERboth are real in the bod
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80 DECEMBERof faith which preserves
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82 DECEMBERI feel particularly sorr
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84 DECEMBERThe children—six, seve
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JANUARYA TIME OF CELEBRATIONJANUARY
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88 JANUARYEveryone, it seems, is mi
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90 JANUARYA Holiday VisitOn the eve
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92 JANUARYAlmost the whole orientat
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94 JANUARYI blessed water in their
Page 111 and 112:
96 JANUARYI find myself in the unus
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98 JANUARYferent path, and every da
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100 JANUARYyour ageless love are cr
Page 117 and 118:
102 JANUARYless because they’re a
Page 119 and 120:
FATHER JOHN WATSONA Coptic Orthodox
Page 121 and 122:
106 JANUARYheard a voice—perhaps
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108 JANUARYI reflected afterwards a
Page 125 and 126:
110 JANUARYsolitude and in terms of
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112 FEBRUARYjust visiting the deser
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114 FEBRUARYJust then some of the p
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116 FEBRUARYThe children of the Pha
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118 FEBRUARYAbuna Elia said that th
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120 FEBRUARYGod. For all Christians
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122 FEBRUARYFEBRUARY 18, WEDNESDAYD
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124 FEBRUARYsources. I had some of
Page 141 and 142:
126 FEBRUARYshall be a sign and a w
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128 FEBRUARYFEBRUARY 28, SATURDAYTh
Page 145 and 146:
130 MARCHmerich, the German mystic
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132 MARCHThe wildflower meadows her
Page 149 and 150:
134 MARCHbishop who resides near he
Page 151 and 152:
136 MARCHOf Building Bonds and Brea
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138 MARCHSprings in the DesertMARCH
Page 155 and 156:
140 MARCHwomen in the West experien
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142 MARCHlunch somewhere, or they h
Page 159 and 160:
144 MARCHbe willing to move from my
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146 MARCHA Fly on the WallMARCH 31,
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APRILA TIME OF CONSECRATIONOf Sands
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Grass mats cover the floor of a mon
Page 167 and 168:
152 APRILmony. Even recently, some
Page 169 and 170:
154 APRILwho are distributed everyw
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156 APRILIn the papal compound I me
Page 173 and 174:
158 APRILin their own home parish.
Page 175 and 176:
160 APRILAfter greeting me he told
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162 APRILI keep reminding myself th
Page 179 and 180:
164 APRILA Rare Spring HolidayAPRIL
Page 181 and 182:
166 APRILthat the very same innocen
Page 183 and 184:
MAYA TIME TO PRESS ONWARDOases and
Page 185 and 186:
170 MAYthe commotion associated wit
Page 187 and 188:
172 MAYeven saw monks trying to get
Page 189 and 190:
174 MAYNevertheless, I ask you to a
Page 191 and 192:
176 MAYof grace that people can enf
Page 193 and 194:
178 MAYI’m staying at the house o
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180 JUNEThe Cave of a SaintJUNE 5,
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182 JUNEThe abbot of the monastery
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The gate of St. Anthony Monastery.
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186 JUNEno place to lay his head”
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188 JUNE“Fountains and Springs, B
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190 JUNEmonks here, I decided to dr
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192 JUNEof his family—and broke e
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JULYA TIME FOR FAREWELLSThe Crucibl
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196 JULYare known in Egypt, and the
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198 JULYthat, the heat is now reall
Page 215 and 216:
200 JULYbering the slap I received
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202 JULYyou for our founder who cam
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204 JULYJULY 23, THURSDAYI returned
Page 221 and 222:
206 JULYprize that Eve forfeited wh
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AFTERWORDFifteen years have passed
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