Bishop Varden: ‘By climbing we learn to pray’

Bishop Erik Varden on reading ‘The Ladder of Divine Ascent’ in Lent

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In your garage, you may have an object that has been used by human beings for more than 10,000 years. 

A detail from the 12th-century Ladder of Divine Ascent icon at St. Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt. public domain.

Yours is likely made of al…