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He Did Not Save Us from Above
The Incarnation and the Descent into Hades God did not save us from a distance. He did not remain above the fracture of the world issuing mercy from safety. The Incarnation is the scandalous revelation that God chose proximity over preservation and descent over distance. From the first moment the Word takes flesh He is already moving downward toward the place where humanity is most lost. Bethlehem is not the gentle beginning of redemption. It is the first step into the abyss.
Father Charbel Abernethy
Dec 22, 20253 min read
“Harden Not My Heart”
O Lord, when I stand before You I am stripped of every illusion. There is no incense to veil the truth no gentle choir to drown out the rebellions of my heart. I see the wilderness within me and the barren stones that once I imagined were altars. It has been forty years and I still complain about the manna as though the work of Your hands should conform to the cravings of my tongue. I read of Meribah and Massah and I wince not because they seem distant but because they feel l
Father Charbel Abernethy
Dec 5, 20253 min read
The Royal Road: Bearing Wrong, Refusing Retaliation, Loving Enemies
Synopsis of Tonight’s Group on The Evergetinos Hypothesis Section E paragraphs 1-9: The Evergetinos sets the bar of freedom in a surprising place: anger without cause is not when we flare up over trifles, but whenever we react to any ill-treatment aimed at us. Abba Poimen sharpens the point: even if a brother were to gouge out an eye or cut off a hand, anger would still be without cause, unless he were separating us from God. In other words, the only justified “anger” is zea
Father Charbel Abernethy
Nov 10, 20252 min read
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