Pseudo-Macarius Fifty Spiritual Homilies & Great Letter 312.62 Whenever people were harsh to

Whenever people were harsh to me (and their harshness was severe indeed) I found my comfort in prayer

a witness to holiness

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and profound spiritual honesty that informs all these stories

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Pseudo-Macarius Fifty Spiritual Homilies & Great Letter 312.62 Whenever people were harsh to"Sugg. Donation" The writings of Pseudo Macarius, a Syrian monk of the 4th century, bring to Western Christianity a holistic "heart" spirituality that offers a necessary complementarity to the "head" spirituality of the West. The homilies reveal the typical traits of Eastern Christian asceticism and The Great Letter instructs the monastic community.