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Second Reflection Lenten Retreat 2026: The Violence We Call Righteousness
The Dismantling of the Religious Self Four Lenten Reflections on Delusion, Abandonment, and the Life That Remains in God “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” John 12:24 Second Reflection The Violence We Call Righteousness On the Ego That Survives Inside Virtue “They being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousn
Father Charbel Abernethy
Mar 15 min read
Reflection One - Lenten Retreat 2026
The Dismantling of the Religious Self Four Lenten Reflections on Delusion, Abandonment, and the Life That Remains in God “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” John 12:24 The fathers speak very little about religious success. They speak constantly about religious delusion. Not because religion is false, but because the ego can survive inside it indefinitely. It can pray. It can fast. It can obey. It can
Father Charbel Abernethy
Feb 277 min read
Father Charbel Abernethy
Feb 270 min read
A Prayer at the Beginning of the Lenten Retreat Series
The Dismantling of the Religious Self The False Light That Feeds on Devotion O Lord Jesus Christ, Light from Light, true God from true God, You who entered the wilderness not to perform but to be obedient, not to shine before men but to love the Father in secret, We stand before You at the threshold of this retreat carrying more than we know. We bring our prayers, and also our need to be seen praying. We bring our fasting, and also our subtle hunger for approval. We bring our
Father Charbel Abernethy
Feb 212 min read
Philokalia Ministries Lenten Retreat 2026
The Dismantling of the Religious Self Four Lenten Reflections on Delusion, Abandonment, and the Life That Remains in God REGISTER NOW “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” John 12:24 The fathers do not speak often about religious achievement. They speak, instead, about truth. About humility. About the slow purification of the heart. Not because religion is empty, but because the human heart is complex.
Father Charbel Abernethy
Feb 82 min read
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