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From the Darkness of the Catacombs to the Light and Joy of the Kingdom
St. Philip Neri and the Discovery of Hidden Fire “Withdraw into yourself as far as you can, and there build a little cell where Christ may dwell.” — Saying in the spirit of the Desert Fathers ⸻ He arrived in Rome with more dust than coin, the little he owned knotted into a kerchief at his waist. The city smelled of oranges and sewage, of incense and heat. It was not Florence. Rome’s grandeur was worn thin. Domes rose like old crowns above streets that argued with their own st
Father Charbel Abernethy
Jan 199 min read
One Sun, One Dwelling, Many Measures of Joy
St. Isaac the Syrian on the formation of vision and eternal delight Synopsis of Tonight’s Group of The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian Homily 6: 11-13 St. Isaac the Syrian is not offering speculation about the afterlife. He is unveiling the inner logic of existence itself, now and forever. He begins, characteristically, not with heaven, but with humility: because for him humility is not a moral ornament but the measure of reality. You do not know humility, he says,
Father Charbel Abernethy
Jan 143 min read
"What can bring us happiness?" many say
Reflection on Psalm 4 Praying the psalms again, one begins to recognize the quiet insistence with which David returns the heart to its true center. He does not deny the hunger that lives in us. He does not scold the question that rises so naturally to our lips. What can bring us happiness. He simply refuses to answer it on the terms the world demands. Again and again he redirects the desire itself, turning it away from what can be possessed and toward the One who must be rece
Father Charbel Abernethy
Dec 15, 20253 min read
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