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When Christians Become the Scandal
The Cross should offend the world by the extremity of its love—not Christians by the poverty of theirs “Always consider the other person to be better than yourself.” — Philippians 2:3 There is a scandal that belongs to Christianity. God becomes man. The Creator kneels before the creature. The Sinless One sits among sinners. The Judge refuses to condemn the woman thrown at His feet. The Lord washes the feet of those who will abandon Him. And when nails are driven through His h
Father Charbel Abernethy
Sep 277 min read
The Scandal We Refuse to Become
When the Cross Is No Longer Outside Us “We preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block…” 1 Corinthians 1:23 ⸻ The Cross has not ceased to be a scandal. We have only learned how to step around it. We know how to venerate it without being pierced by it. We kiss it, we lift it up, we sing of it. But we do not become it. And so it remains outside us. An object. A symbol. A memory. Not our life. The scandal of the Cross is not that Christ suffered. It is that He reveals what love i
Father Charbel Abernethy
Apr 33 min read
The Desert Does Not Train Us to Be Right
Why the Evergetinos unsettles us before it heals us “The Lord is revealed in humility. He does not justify Himself, but entrusts Himself to the Father.” — St. Isaac the Syrian One of the most revealing moments in the Evergetinos comes in a story that, at first glance, feels unfinished. A brother steals some items and secretly hides them in the cell of a holy elder. The objects are discovered. The elder is accused. He makes a prostration and says, “Forgive me.” Later, the thie
Father Charbel Abernethy
Jan 313 min read
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