Week 6 - Wednesday

Bible Passage

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue.

Commentary

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Abba Daniel used to say this about [Abba Arsenius]: 'He never wanted to reply to a question concerning the Scriptures, though he could answered well if he wished, just as he never readily wrote a letter. When from time to time he came to church he would sit behind a pillar, so that no-one should see his face and so that he himself would not notice others. His appearance was angelic.