Re: Gospel commentary, Tues, 2nd Sun of Lent (Mt 23:1-12)
Fr: the Sayings of the Desert Fathers (4th-5th centuries) Macarius the Great 11, http://dailygospel.org/www/popup-comments.php?language=AM&id=1161
"Whoever humbles himself will be exalted" [Mt 23:12]
One day Abba Macarius was returning to his cell from the marshes carrying his palm leaves. Along the way, the devil came to meet him with a reaper’s scythe. He wanted to beat him with it but could not. Then the devil said to him: “Macarius, I endure a great many torments because of you because I am unable to overcome you. Nevertheless, I do all I can. You fast and I never eat; you watch and I never sleep a wink. There is only one point at which you beat me.” “Which?” asked Macarius. “It is your humility that prevents me from overcoming you.”
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