SO GOOD QUOTES

Such a father you may be discipled unto.

If such a person cannot be found, the confessant should look for a spiritual guide beside the father of confession. It is preferable that the father of confession be the guide, for the soul of the person is laid bare before him. However, if he did not possess this gift, or if his time were extremely tight, insufficient to guide the hundreds of confessants, in addition to his other responsibilities, then necessity demands that there should be [another as] a guide. [This latter] supports the confessant by his advice and encouragement, and reveals to him [the confessant] what is beyond his knowledge so that he does not walk in a daze.

—H.H. Pope Shenouda III, Come, Follow Me