From Apophthegmata of the Desert Fathers.
"A monaco Desert Scetis, born of a slave family, every year he went to Alexandria to bring the salary to his bosses and wash his feet.
They however did not want that to happen to him, saying:" Father , do not do this .
But monaco insisted answering "I declare myself your servant and full of gratitude because you left me free to serve God"
I want to wash your feet and you accept my salary. "
They then left him to do and dismissed him with great honor. "
In this time of joy for the birth of Jesus, which has allowed the flesh salvation of us all, without distinction of class, race or religion, recalling the title of the post the prologue of John's Gospel, it is my intention to set aside the usual legal issues of the blog inviting the reader to meditate on a apophthegm of the Desert Fathers.
The maximum short to reflect on the value of humility, gratitude and the equality of all men.
I chose to enrich the post with the fresco of the fifteenth century by Bernardino di Betto, called Pinturicchio " Nativity with St. Jerome," preserved in the splendid Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome.
But who were the fathers of the desert and what are the apophthegmata?
They were called the Fathers of the desert hermit monks in the fourth century AD, may peace finally arrived in the empire of Constantine, they left the city to live in the desert of Palestine, Egypt or Syria.
The first and most noted of these monks was Anthony the Great.
They wanted to live the Christian faith with rigor and had several disciples and their sayings, the apophthegmata, provides an insight into the spirituality of these hermits.
The term derives from the verb apophthegm greek " apophthenghésthai " which means "enunciate a sentence" and therefore means "above, above, Max", is referred to a phrase or sentence that recapitulates a truth and refers to a historical situation with real people, is a kind of sentence set out by the protagonist in response to a statement of another person.
apoftegmatici The Bible contains books such as Proverbs and famous are the Apophthegmata of the Desert Fathers is a valuable source for the history of spirituality and the origins of Christian monasticism.
At the end of this interference due to the spirituality (but I always say to have you proposed a "verdict" even if the content far more important than those made by the judges ...) it is my duty to wish everyone who visits the blog, occasionally, a peaceful and happy Christmas 2009 and those who have lost their jobs in the that is ending to see it again in 2010, thanks not only to the intervention of the leader or at least of men, but the help of Him who moves all ( Dante par.1 ) and on which we can all have confidence in difficulties of life.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
or for someone like me, has a penchant for latinum
" Christmas hilare Faust et Annum !"
Aloysius
