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The Way That Descends
“Learn from Me, for I am meek and humble of heart.” — Jesus Christ, Matthew 11:29 What Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou describes is almost unbearable to modern ears. It overturns nearly everything that popular Christianity has come to promise. Today the Gospel is often presented as the path to fulfillment, affirmation, confidence, and the discovery of one’s worth. Faith becomes reassurance. Spiritual life becomes improvement. The believer seeks strength, clarity, and inner s
Father Charbel Abernethy
Mar 162 min read
A Terrible Mercy
On the love of God that dismantles the religious ego “For whom the Lord loves He chastens.” — Epistle to the Hebrews 12:6 A brother said to an Elder, “Why does God take away the things by which I believed I was serving Him?” The Elder replied, “Because you had begun to possess them.” There is a mercy of God that comforts the heart. But there is another mercy that terrifies it. For a long time a man may believe that he loves God. He fasts. He prays. He studies the Scriptures.
Father Charbel Abernethy
Mar 82 min read
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