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They say that Abba John, the disciple of Abba Paule, possessed great obedience. Now in the place where they used to live there was a sepulchre, wherein dwelt a savage panther, and Abba Paule saw in it a few little heaps of goods, and he said to John, 'Go to the sepulchre and bring me some of the things from there'; and John said unto him, 'My father, what will I do with the panther?' And the old man laughed and said to him, 'If he comes against you, tie him up and bring him here'; so John went there at eventide, and the panther came against him, and when he went to lay hold of him the animal fled from him. Then John pursued him, saying, 'My father told me to fetter you,' and he seized him, and bound him with cords. Meanwhile the old man was very much troubled about John, and he was sitting waiting for him anxiously; and behold, he came dragging along the panther which was tied with ropes, and the old man saw and marvelled. Then the brother said to him, 'Father, behold, I have taken prisoner the panther according as you did command, and I have brought him here'; and the old man, wishing to remove from him the occasion for boasting, smote him, and said, 'you have brought a wandering dog!' and he untied the animal and let him depart.
Q: "What does one learn in the
desert?"
Father Mina: "To have
an authentic sincere Love towards Christ"
Q: "What experience of God do we make here?"
Father Mina: "We make
the experience of the personal intimate friendship
with the person of the Lord Jesus-Christ... The
interior real lived sentiment of the intimacy with the
Lord: I Am with you."
Q: "Thank you"
Father Mina was
the first companion of Father Matta El-Maskine, one of
the first 7 hermits of the Saint Macarius Monastery. He
lives here in the manner of the first monks of the
desert.
La
lumière du désert 
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