A certain brother went to Abbot Moses in Scete, and asked him for a good word. And the elder said to him: Go, sit in your cell, and your cell will teach you everything.
The virtue of a monk is made manifest by temptations.
A brother in Scete happened to commit a fault and the elders assembled and sent for Abbot Moses to join them. He, however, did not want to come. The priest sent him a message saying, " Come the community is waiting for you". So he arose and started off, And taking with him a very old basket full of holes, he filled it with sand, and carried it behind him. The elders came out to meet him, and said: What is this, Father? The elder replied: My sins are running out behind me, and I do not see them, and today I come to judge the sins of another! They, hearing this, said nothing to the brother but pardoned him.
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