Saints & Monastics
My Fathers, The Monks of The Desert
A song honoring the fathers of the Egyptian desert — St. Antony, St. Macarius — and the monastic life that shaped the Coptic Church.
Lyrics
My fathers the monks of the desert I wish to live a life like yours I wish to live a life like yours Life of prayer, vigils and tears Life of prayer, vigils and tears You offer to our Savior My fathers, my fathers Father of the monks Abba Antonius His disciple Abba Macarius His disciple Abba Macarius Left everything of worth and value To serve their faithful Savior To serve their faithful Savior My fathers, my fathers My fathers the monks of the desert I wish to live a life like yours I wish to live a life like yours Life of prayer, vigils and tears Life of prayer, vigils and tears You offer to our Savior My fathers, my fathers When they were attacked by the Barbarians No one was afraid or denied his faith No one was afraid or denied his faith They said our Lord is Jesus Christ For whom our lives we´d sacrifice For whom our lives we´d sacrifice My fathers, my fathers My fathers the monks of the desert I wish to live a life like yours I wish to live a life like yours Life of prayer, vigils and tears Life of prayer, vigils and tears You offer to our Savior My fathers, my fathers I am a youth struggling in the way God's word I must learn to obey God's word I must learn to obey Please pray for me, St. Anthony Please pray for me, St. Anthony That Christ my abide in me fully My fathers, My fathers My fathers the monks of the desert I wish to live a life like yours I wish to live a life like yours Life of prayer, vigils and tears Life of prayer, vigils and tears You offer to our Savior My fathers, my fathers