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City a Desert Press: An Update on Two New Works
Dear Friends of Philokalia Ministries, I wanted to share with you a brief update on two works that have taken shape over these past months, somewhat unexpectedly. To Become All Flame is now with the typesetter and cover designer and is moving toward publication. Many of you will recognize its origins. Much of the book grew out of the retreats, reading groups, conversations, and years we have spent together with the Fathers—especially their understanding of prayer as the gradu
Father Charbel Abernethy
Oct 73 min read
A Terrible Mercy
On the love of God that dismantles the religious ego “For whom the Lord loves He chastens.” — Epistle to the Hebrews 12:6 A brother said to an Elder, “Why does God take away the things by which I believed I was serving Him?” The Elder replied, “Because you had begun to possess them.” There is a mercy of God that comforts the heart. But there is another mercy that terrifies it. For a long time a man may believe that he loves God. He fasts. He prays. He studies the Scriptures.
Father Charbel Abernethy
Mar 82 min read
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