Гимн 48. Кто есть монах и какое его делание. И на какую высоту созерцания взошел этот Божественный Отец 341 .

A monk is one who does not mix with the world And he talks incessantly with God alone; Seeing (Him), he also sees (Him) and, loving, we love, And becomes a light, indescribably shining. Being glorified, he (all the more) considers himself a beggar, And he who is received in houses 342 is, as it were, a wanderer. O absolutely extraordinary and unspeakable miracle! From immeasurable wealth I am poor, And although I have a lot, I think that I have nothing, And from the abundance of water, I say, I am thirsty. Who will give me what I have in abundance? And where will I find the One Whom I see every day? How can I hold on to what is inside me? And outside the world, because it is completely invisible? He who has ears to hear, let him hear, Correctly understanding the words of the unscientific. In P. r. 3 word; in l. paragraph 4 chapter. καὶ προσοικειούμ ενος, ώς ξένος πέλει. Here, as in the previous verse, the thought of St. The father moves in contrast. Latin the translation seems to us very distant: et conciliata sibi multorum amicitia instar hospitis ac peregrini est - and having gained favor with the friendship of many, etc. You might be interested in: