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When Truth Becomes Dangerous
The Evergetinos on Lying, Broken Communion, and the Cost of Preserving Peace Synopsis of Tonight’s Group on The Evergetinos Volume II: Hypothesis XLV Sections A-G1 The Fathers do not allow us to soften this teaching. They place truth at the very center of the ascetical life and they do so without apology. A truthful mouth a holy body and a pure heart stand or fall together. Where speech is corrupted everything else soon follows. Falsehood is not a minor fault or a social lubr
Father Charbel Abernethy
Jan 53 min read
The Word That Speaks in Silence
(Meditation Based Upon Psalm 12 Grail Translation) “Help, O Lord, for good men have vanished; truth has gone from the sons of men. Falsehood they speak one to another, with lips that are lying and hearts that are false.” —Psalm 12 (Grail) The psalmist laments the poverty of language in a fallen world. Words, those sacred vessels given to man to reveal truth, have become the instruments of deceit. They multiply endlessly, yet reveal nothing. They promise communion but breed
Father Charbel Abernethy
Nov 10, 20253 min read
The Gaze That Purifies
Meditation Based on Psalm 11 Grail Translation What is it, Lord, that You see when You look upon the heart? The psalmist tells us: “The Lord is in His holy temple, the Lord, whose throne is in heaven. His eyes look down on the world; His gaze tests mortal men.” This gaze is not that of an observer, detached and judging from afar. It is the gaze of the Creator who searches His image within the creature, who longs to see Himself reflected once again in the soul He has fashi
Father Charbel Abernethy
Nov 10, 20253 min read
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