Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Vocation:To get closer to God

Easter Sunday, 60 Minutes featured Bob Simon's report on Mt. Athos - the holy mountain in Greece, home to Orthodox monks - for centuries. Monastic observance unchanged for centuries - the closest observance to the earliest monks, the desert fathers, the world has today. They do not have television or Internet, they do not go home for funerals or weddings, and they pray without ceasing - literally.