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The Kingdom Hidden Within
On the Glory We Have Forgotten and the Life of the Spirit Within the Heart “This is Jerusalem and the Kingdom of God which is hidden within us.” — St. Isaac the Syrian Synopsis of Tonight’s Group on The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian Homily 15 paragraphs 4-11a When we read a passage like this from St. Isaac, it is tempting to focus on the warnings. We notice his words about passions, distraction, worldliness, anger, vainglory, and talkativeness. We see the severit
Father Charbel Abernethy
Jun 33 min read


Not to Us
The soul that has learned where glory belongs “Not to us, Lord, not to us, but to Your Name give the glory.” — Psalm 115 There comes a moment in the spiritual life when a man begins to see the terrible subtlety of his own heart. At first he imagines that he seeks God. He prays. He fasts. He reads the fathers. He speaks of repentance and of the Kingdom. Yet beneath these things another movement quietly grows. The desire to be seen. The desire to be right. The desire to be adm
Father Charbel Abernethy
Mar 142 min read
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