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Monday, June 6, 2011

Angels are a light for monks, and the monastic life is a light for men

Venerable John Climacus ~ The Ladder of Divine Ascent
Step 26 ~ On Discernment

¶31. Angels are a light for monks, and the monastic life is a light for men. Therefore let monks strive to become a good example in everything, giving no occasion for stumbling in anything in all their works and words. For if the light becomes darkness, how much darker will be that darkness, that is, those living in the world.

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