Translated by Helen Waddell
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The Desert Fathers
by Translated by Helen Waddell
The reason I chose this book is because the Sinai desert one of the most silent places in the world. Because the climate is very warm and dry, it isn’t easy to inhabit and consequently it is very quiet. It’s into this environment that the early Christians headed to experiment with what difference leading a silent life makes, and, specifically, what the effects of silence on prayer might be.
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