“Do not claim to have acquired virtue unless you have suffered affliction, for without affliction virtue has not been tested.” – St. Mark the Ascetic
June 11
June 10
“Persevere with patience in your prayer, and repulse the cares and doubts that arise within you.” – Evagrios the Solitary
Recent photos – Lubec, Maine
“The monk should shut all the gates of his soul, that is, the senses, so that he is not lured astray. When the intellect sees that it is not dominated by anything, it prepares itself for immortality, gathering its senses together and forming them into one body.” – St. Isaiah, The Philokalia
Doves At Our Doorstep
Thank you Lord, for these guests …
As Adam (53)
“Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.” – Song of Solomon
Night Skies of August
As Adam (52)
“When you come upon a path
that brings benefit
and happiness to all,
follow this course
as the moon
journeys through the stars.”
–– Buddha
Milky Way Over North Atlantic
astrophotography
Shot Over North Lubec – August 19, 2022
As Adam (51)
“The past is already gone. The future is not yet here. There’s only one moment for you to live.”
As Adam (50)
“The mystery behind all form is at last named in a formula so convincing, so appealing, so satisfying, that distinction ceases; we forget that even this is not final, that beyond the expression, and apart from it, lies the whole immensity.” – The Vision of Siva
Paul Maher Jr. 