Some old men came to Abba Poemen and said to him, “When we see brothers who are dozing at the synaxis (services), shall we rouse them so they will be watchful?” He said to them, “For my part when I see a brother dozing, I put his head on my knees and let him rest.”
A brother at Scetis committed a fault. A council was
called to which Abba Moses was invited, but he refused to
go to it. Then the priest sent someone to say to him, 'Come,
for everyone is waiting' for you. 'So he got up and went. He
took a leaking jug, filled it with water and carried it with
him. The others came out to meet him and said to him,
'What is this, Father?' The old man said to them, (my sins ran
out behind me, and I do not see them, and today I am
coming to judge the errors of another.' When they heard that
they said no more to the brother but forgave him.
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