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The Healing of Sight
How Grace Awakens Wonder, Desire, and the Vision of Divine Love “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” — Matthew 5:8 ⸻ Synopsis of Tonight’s Group on The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian Homily 18 paragraphs 1-4a There is a temptation to read St. Isaac’s description of the ascetic life as though he were outlining a ladder by which we ascend to God through effort. Nothing could be further from his mind. The ascetical life is not an achievement but a
Father Charbel Abernethy
Jul 293 min read
The Ship of Stillness and the Fire of Divine Vision
Reflection on The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian Homily 21:27-28, Homily 22:1-4, Homily 23:1-2 There is a beauty hidden in the life to which God calls us, a radiance that has nothing to do with worldly glory and everything to do with a heart that longs for Him alone. Saint Isaac opens before us the strange and glorious paradox that the love of God sometimes urges us outward in mercy and at other times draws us inward into stillness. It is not the path alone that m
Father Charbel Abernethy
Dec 9, 20254 min read
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