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Prayers Before the Iconostasis - IV
Enter the Wound Prayer Before the Iconostasis “Put your finger here and see my hands; and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believing.” (John 20:27) ⸻ This icon does not allow distance. It refuses to remain a memory. It will not let me stand among the observers, arms folded, studying the mystery from a safe place. Christ stands in the midst. Wounded. Exposed. Alive. And Thomas is not shamed. He is summoned. ⸻ I used to think this moment w
Father Charbel Abernethy
May 43 min read
Prayers Before the Iconostasis - I
Before the Holy Silence Lord Jesus Christ, I stand before the holy icons, yet You stand before my heart. At the center of this little iconostasis You have placed not thunder, not spectacle, not movement, but Holy Silence. Not the silence of emptiness, but the silence that contains You. Not the silence of neglect, but the silence in which the soul is visited. Not the silence of death, but the silence from which resurrection begins. For years I thought You were delaying. I thou
Father Charbel Abernethy
Apr 202 min read
Carried Into the Heart of the Kingdom
The cold of the morning still clung to the stones of the church and to the breath of those who entered. Winter has a way of telling the truth. It exposes the fragility of the body and the ache of the heart. And yet within the walls of this holy temple there was a warmth that did not come from heat or shelter but from love made visible. The love of God that does not retreat from the coldness of the world but enters it and transforms it from within. Among all that was beautiful
Father Charbel Abernethy
Dec 14, 20253 min read
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