PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Kontakion I Chosen from thy youth to become a dwelling place of the Holy Spirit, O venerable father Charbel, thou didst flee the glory of men and seek only the face of Christ in silence and prayer. Therefore, marveling at thy hidden life and thy radiant holiness, we cry unto thee: Rejoice, O Saint Charbel, lover of the hidden life and friend of silence. Rejoice, O Saint Charbel, lover of the hidden life

On the hidden glory of a faith that does not know it is being seen “He who lives united with God transforms everything into prayer.” attributed to St. Charbel Makhlouf Glory to Jesus Christ! Yesterday I went into her room for something ordinary. Laundry. Nothing more. The quiet obedience of daily life. The kind of task that disappears as soon as it is done. Her room was as it always is. Still. Worn by suffering. Held together by prayer. The icon of Saint Charbel was there. It