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A few brothers who had lay persons approached Abba Felix and begged him to say a word to them. But the old man kept silent. After they had asked for a long time he said to them “you wish to hear a word,” they said “yes Abba”. Then the old man said to them “there are no such words nowadays. When the brothers used to consult their elders, and when they did what was asked of them, God would show them how to speak. However now, because they ask without doing that which they hear , God has withdrawn the grace of His Word from the elders, and they do not find anything to say, because there is no longer anyone who carries out their words.” Hearing this the brothers groaned, saying “Pray for us Abba”