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One Sun, One Dwelling, Many Measures of Joy

St. Isaac the Syrian on the formation of vision and eternal delight Synopsis of Tonight’s Group of The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian Homily 6: 11-13 St. Isaac the Syrian is not offering speculation about the afterlife. He is unveiling the inner logic of existence itself, now and forever. He begins, characteristically, not with heaven, but with humility: because for him humility is not a moral ornament but the measure of reality. You do not know humility, he says,

Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac

Father Charbel Abernethy

Jan 143 min read

Non-Resistance, Justice, and the Peace of Christ

A Desert Reflection in Conversation with St. Thomas Aquinas In a recent reflection I wrote on the Evergetinos , I tried to name the scandal many of us feel when we read stories of monks who refuse to defend themselves, who accept theft, insult, or even violence in silence, as if it were a blessing. Everything in our Western formation cries out that this cannot be right. Someone then sent me a series of texts from St. Thomas Aquinas on peace, justice, rights, judgment, scandal

Father Charbel Abernethy

Nov 16, 20258 min read

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One Sun, One Dwelling, Many Measures of Joy

Non-Resistance, Justice, and the Peace of Christ

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