Now it happened
one year that the Nile did not rise enough to water all our fields, and a
multitude of the poor came to Abba Aaron weeping and saying, "Our holy
father, we and our children are going to die because the waters have not risen!"
He said to them,"Believe in God and He will deliver you. As it is written, 'The prayer of the poor man who
is downhearted, he pours out entreaty before the Lord.' Again it says, 'The
Lord has heard the desires of the poor.'" He quoted them numerous
other passages from scripture and explained them to them, and he comforted them, and in this way they departed from him praising God.
Now the holy man Aaron was not unconcerned about their distress, and he would
go to the river each evening and immerse himself in the water up to his neck
and he would pray to God, saying, "My good Christ, compassionate one, have
compassion upon your image and likeness." Indeed, he continued this practice until God had compassion for his tears and
made the waters of the Nile flow over the face of the whole country.
Paphnutius, Life
of Abba Aaron, 131.
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