THE PRISON DESERT IN THE SECOND MILLENIUM
Yes, there has already been an October 2013 appeal. This is another. The bank account is, today, $01.38. Need stamps, gasoline, books, and prayers in
the worst way. God bless you for all you
have done!
Reading again in the literature of the Desert Fathers, I am
struck powerfully by the enormity of the exodus from “civilization.” At one time in the fourth century, as many as
ten thousand hermits lived in the deserts. Many were fleeing the law, the
courts, Arian bishops, and the tax man. From the end of the apostolic age until the
advent of St. Benedict in the late 5th century, Christianity was mainly
carried by the desert fathers. They
carried it pure, apostolic, and orthodox, often leaving their cells to defend
it against heresy {oops, politically incorrect word!]
Now we are entering a post-civilized age, and once again (I
think) the Christian Ark will be borne through the deserts, in the deserts of vast
cities, which now comprise over 50% of the world’s population, and in the few
areas that will not be dominated by either Islam or the post-Christian
modernism that denies or perverts the most fundamental truths of human
existence.
Some of the new desert fathers are in prison cells, and like
the desert fathers of old, they survive on a bare minimum of human
comforts. Desert Prison Ministry’s
monies are split about equally between books for the soul and money orders for corporal
needs. For example, in October, $120
went to money orders for prisoners. Most
of this is spent on shoes, socks, stamps, underwear, toiletries, instant
coffee, and an occasional snack.
Some of the donors to DPM do not like to give money to my
nefarious plots to convert men to Catholicism and the Rule of St. Benedict, but
are quite happy to donate to physical needs.
Be assured, dear friends, that donations you specify for such needs will
not be spent on catechisms or Catholic classics!
Blessings on all our donors and thanks! The American prison system continues to grow in size (largest in the
world for the size of the country) and insanity. Please pray daily for us in Tennessee where
the Attorney General is again scheduling prisoners for execution.
Benedicite! Ken Craven
661 S. Edgewood Drive
Sparta, TN 38583-1105
931-316-1796
