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Day Seven : 9th December

9 December 2006

Advent week one HOPE

and from: The Wisdom of the Desert:
Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century
translated and introduced by Thomas Merton

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One of the brethren had sinned, and the priest told him to leave the community. So then Abbot Besarion got up and walked out with him, saying: "I too am a sinner!"