Monastic Traditions Quotes

“prepare your food in keeping with monastic traditions—simple, basic, healthy, balanced.”
― Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God

“Once, when Geronda Joseph underwent a great temptation, he went into the desert to pray, and as he was crying out to God, he saw a vision of a large, beautiful bird singing. In a moment, he found himself in Paradise where there were many birds. The birds were angels, and among them was the large bird, singing and keeping the bass note. Imagine that! He saw it with his own eyes!”
― Elizabeth P. Fitzgerald, Daily Quotes from "Words of the Heart" by Gerondissa Makrina Vassopoulou

“If we do even one extra knot on our prayer rope, our guardian angel will record it; a few prayers or good thoughts will be stored up for later. Christ saves up all these things, and when the time comes for us to depart for the next life, we will take them and go to Christ.”
― Gerondissa Makrina Vassopoulou, Words of the Heart