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Sixty and the Sound of the Rooster, Part III
When the Fire Becomes One “When thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.” Luke 22:32 The rooster does not crow forever. At some point the sound either hardens a man — or breaks him. I have stood between fires long enough. There is the fire of recognition. The fire of usefulness. The fire of conversation, teaching, output, being needed. And then there is the other fire. The one that burned before Moses and did not consume the bush. The one that descended at Pentecost and d
Father Charbel Abernethy
5 days ago2 min read
The Silence That Gives Birth to God
On the Love of Silence and the Death of the False Self “Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10 ⸻ Synopsis of Tonight’s Group on The Evergetinos Volume II Hypothesis XLVII B11-D The fathers did not endure silence. They loved it. This is the difference between a man who is forcing himself to be quiet and a man who has discovered God. One clenches his teeth and calls it discipline. The other falls silent because he has found Someone worth listening to. Abba Or never lied
Father Charbel Abernethy
Feb 164 min read
When Affliction Reveals Its Emptiness
On the Shattering of the Self That Tried to Survive Through Suffering “Truly every man living is vanity.” Psalm 38:6–7 (Grail) There comes a moment when a man realizes that even his suffering cannot hold him together. He thought it could. He thought the pain gave him weight. He thought the wound gave him substance. He thought the affliction proved that he existed, that he mattered, that something real was happening inside him. He thought his suffering was solid. But the psalm
Father Charbel Abernethy
Feb 114 min read
Hidden Without Vanishing
Holy Anonymity, Ego Death, and the Narrow Place Where God Remains There comes a point in the spiritual life when freedom and disappearance begin to feel strangely alike. The heart knows it is being loosened from old compulsions and false identities, yet the mind fears that what is being lost may be the self itself. This is not a contradiction. It is a threshold. The desert fathers knew this terrain well. They did not speak of it as self annihilation, but neither did they offe
Father Charbel Abernethy
Jan 44 min read
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