Tuesday, May 13, 2008
3:33PM
One of the old men named Philagrius...
…lived in Jerusalem and labored to earn himself enough to eat. And when he was standing in the marketplace trying to sell what he had made, by chance a bag fell on the ground near him, containing a thousand coins. The old man found it, and stood there thinking, “The one who lost it will soon come back.” And soon the man who had lost it came back lamenting. So Philagrius took him aside and gave him back his bag. The owner asked him to accept some of the coins, but the old man, though poor, would take nothing. Then the owner began to shout and call, “Come and see what the man of God has done!” But the old man fled away unnoticed, and left the town, so that they should not know what he had done, nor pay him honor.


3:33 PM
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