October Book Discussion - Dorotheos of Gaza: Discourses and Sayings

 

Join us for discussion of sayings from one of our desert fathers. From the book cover:

There is something extraordinary ( and comforting ) about any spiritual writer who can begin an instruction on Fear of the Punishment to Come with the candid admission tat this current bout with rheumatism of the feet was probably occasioned by too much convivial cheer in the guest house refectory. But this is Dorothea of Gaza. 

A shrewd observer, a master psychologist, an accomplished raconteur, Dorotheos is also a learned man, with a prodigious capacity for assimilating in an organized harmony the wisdom of his predecessors in the life of the Spirit. But he is much more interested in humbly serving the brethren than in discoursing about the more recondite aspects of the hesychast experience. 

The book will be available for sale after Divine Liturgy in the bookstore and for borrowing from the library. 

It is strongly encouraged to discuss spiritual material with your spiritual father, father confessor or spiritual mother.  The book is available in the church library and bookstore.