{"id":88289,"date":"2017-03-28T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T19:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=88289"},"modified":"2017-03-28T12:00:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T19:00:40","slug":"desert-fathers-for-lent-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/desert-fathers-for-lent-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert Fathers for Lent: the Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nA<\/span>n old man was asked, “What is the straight and narrow way?” <\/p>\n

He replied “The straight way is this, to do violence to one’s thought and to cut off one’s own will. That is what this means. ‘Behold we have left all and followed Thee.'” (Mk 10:28).<\/p>\n

(Apophthegmata Patrum<\/em> – The Desert Fathers)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An old man was asked, “What is the straight and narrow way?” He replied “The straight way is this, to do violence to one’s thought and to cut off one’s own will. That is what this means. ‘Behold we have left all and followed Thee.’” (Mk 10:28). 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