The desert fathers and mothers were a monastic community in the Egyptian desert starting from the 3rd century AD. In this episode, we discuss Christian monasticism, and what we can learn from the desert fathers and mothers and from monks and nuns today. We read from the Apophthegmata Patrum, a collection of their sayings and stories. We use an English translation given by Henri Nouwen, in his collection Desert Wisdom: Sayings from the Desert Fathers.
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