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The Grammar of the Heart - Introduction
How Prayer, Repentance, and Grace Teach Us to See “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” — Matthew 5:8 The Grammar of the Heart is a nine-part series exploring how prayer, repentance, suffering, and the ascetical tradition gradually form not only what we believe about God, but the way the heart learns to see Him. This is the Introduction. _______ There comes a point in the spiritual life when the question is no longer simply what we believe. The question bec
Father Charbel Abernethy
Oct 159 min read
The Harbor Beyond Conscience
John Henry Newman and the moment when searching becomes recognition “It was like coming into port after a rough sea; and my happiness on that score remains to this day without interruption.” — St. John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua There is something almost startling about the serenity with which Newman describes his conversion. Anyone who knows the years preceding it knows that serenity was not their dominant character. There had been searching, controversy, misunderst
Father Charbel Abernethy
Oct 97 min read
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