{"id":108542,"date":"2024-05-18T10:24:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T17:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=108542"},"modified":"2024-05-18T12:29:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T19:29:57","slug":"abba-joseph-of-panephysis-for-the-vigil-of-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/abba-joseph-of-panephysis-for-the-vigil-of-pentecost\/","title":{"rendered":"Abba Joseph of Panephysis for the Vigil of Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">A<\/span>bba Lot went to see Abba Joseph and said to him, \u2018Abba, as far as I can I say my little office, I fast a little, I pray and meditate, I live in peace and as far as I can, I purify my thoughts. What else can I do?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then the old man stood up and stretched his hands towards heaven. His fingers became like ten lamps of fire and he said to him, \u2018If you will, you can become all flame.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Our God is a consuming fire.<\/em> (Hebrews 12:29)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1588\" height=\"2377\" data-attachment-id=\"108545\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/abba-joseph-of-panephysis-for-the-vigil-of-pentecost\/abba-joseph\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/abba-joseph.avif\" data-orig-size=\"1588,2377\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"abba-joseph\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/abba-joseph.avif\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/abba-joseph.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108545\" style=\"width:402px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <em>The Sayings of the Desert Fathers<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abba Lot went to see Abba Joseph and said to him, \u2018Abba, as far as I can I say my little office, I fast a little, I pray and meditate, I live in peace and as far as I can, I purify my thoughts. What else can I do?\u2019 Then the old man stood up and stretched his hands towards [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holy-days","category-wisdom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Pentecost-Duccio.jpg?fit=485%2C427&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-seG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107656,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/i-am-still-abba-lot-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":108542,"position":0},"title":"I am still Abba Lot","author":"Thom","date":"07 March 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I am often reminded of this, one of my favourite stories from the Desert Fathers: Abba Lot went to see Abba Joseph and said to him, \"Abba, as far as I can I say my little office, I fast a little, I pray and meditate, I live in peace and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Annual&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Annual","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/annual\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Abba-Lot.jpg?fit=782%2C1128&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Abba-Lot.jpg?fit=782%2C1128&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Abba-Lot.jpg?fit=782%2C1128&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Abba-Lot.jpg?fit=782%2C1128&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":105234,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/i-am-still-abba-lot-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":108542,"position":1},"title":"I am still Abba Lot","author":"Thom","date":"05 March 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I am often reminded of this, one of my favourite stories from the Desert Fathers: Abba Lot went to see Abba Joseph and said to him, \"Abba, as far as I can I say my little office, I fast a little, I pray and meditate, I live in peace and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Annual&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Annual","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/annual\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Abba-Lot.jpg?fit=782%2C1128&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Abba-Lot.jpg?fit=782%2C1128&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Abba-Lot.jpg?fit=782%2C1128&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Abba-Lot.jpg?fit=782%2C1128&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":110333,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/abba-lot-for-lent-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":108542,"position":2},"title":"I am still Abba Lot","author":"Thom","date":"02 March 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"I am often reminded of one of my favourite stories from the Desert Fathers. 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