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Let Not My Soul Be Devoured
When the Soul Stands Exposed Before God “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” Hebrews 10:31 ___________ “It was not an enemy that insulted me; that I could have borne… But it was you, my companion, my friend.” Psalm 55 Psalm 35 does not speak in abstractions. It bleeds. It trembles with the bewilderment of a heart that loved and was answered with accusation. It gives voice to the humiliation of being misread, misrepresented, quietly judged, and pub
Father Charbel Abernethy
9 hours ago3 min read
A Door on the Mouth, A Window to the Heart
The labor of guarding the tongue and the birth of compunction “By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” — Matthew 12:37 Synopsis of Tonight's Group on The Evergetinos Volume II - Hypothesis XLVII E-I As we come to the end of this hypothesis, the Fathers leave us with something painfully ordinary. They do not give us visions of heaven or heights of contemplation. They speak about the tongue. About when to speak. About when to remain sile
Father Charbel Abernethy
1 day ago4 min read
Abide in the Love That Seeks You
From Compunction to Surrender in the Fire of Divine Eros “We love because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 There is a compunction that still circles the self. Tears can be shed that are secretly about my failure. My weakness. My fall. My loss of image. Even repentance can become a mirror in which I stare at myself. The fathers warn us that the ego is subtle. It will clothe itself even in sackcloth. The sorrow that leads to life does not end in self absorption. It breaks the he
Father Charbel Abernethy
1 day ago4 min read
The Encounter in the Desert
It was said of Abba Macarius that one day, as he was walking in the desert, he found the skull of a dead pagan priest lying on the ground. He touched it gently with his staff and said: “Who are you?” And the skull answered him. “I was the chief of the pagan priests who lived in this place.” Macarius asked him: “What is your condition now?” The skull replied: “When you have compassion on those in hell and pray for them, they feel a little comfort.” Macarius asked: “What sort o
Father Charbel Abernethy
6 days ago3 min read
The Mouth That Reveals the Heart
On Speech as the Measure of Inner Poverty or Inner Delusion “I said, I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue. I have set a guard upon my mouth while the sinner stood against me.” Psalm 38:2 (39:1) Synopsis of Tonight’s Group on The Evergetinos Hypothesis XLVII B4-10 The Fathers do not treat speech as a social matter. They treat it as a matter of life and death. Because speech reveals what the heart lives from. A man may fast and remain proud. He may pray and r
Father Charbel Abernethy
Feb 94 min read
The Oil That Was Never Meant to Convince Anyone
On the hidden glory of a faith that does not know it is being seen “He who lives united with God transforms everything into prayer.” attributed to St. Charbel Makhlouf Glory to Jesus Christ! Yesterday I went into her room for something ordinary. Laundry. Nothing more. The quiet obedience of daily life. The kind of task that disappears as soon as it is done. Her room was as it always is. Still. Worn by suffering. Held together by prayer. The icon of Saint Charbel was there. It
Father Charbel Abernethy
Feb 93 min read
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