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THE DESERT FATHERS IN A YEAR - EPISODE 17 - THE FEAR OF GOD

  • thehookoffaith
  • Jun 12
  • 1 min read

In this latest episode of 'The Desert Fathers of the Year', Bishop Erik Varden explores the biblical virtue of 'The Fear of God' that gives shape to our sorrow for sin. Here is the fear that does does not paralyse us or damage our self-esteem but rather sets us free by grounding us in the reality of what is true. In the words of St Thomas Aquinas who would pray centuries later: 'Lord, may I desire to please and fear to displease, no one but You'.


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