A Desert Father for Ash Wednesday

Palladius said:

One day when I was suffering from boredom I went to Abba Macarius and said, “What shall I do? My thoughts afflict me, saying, you are not making any progress, go away from here.”

He said to me, “Tell them, for Christ’s sake, I am guarding the walls.”

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