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The Sin of Not Seeing
The terrible distance between the person at our gate and the heart that refuses to behold him “And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus.” There is something terrifying about this Gospel because the rich man does not appear to do anything particularly monstrous. He does not strike Lazarus. He does not order him driven away. He does not mock him. He simply lives as though Lazarus were not there. And Christ tells us that this is enough to reveal the abyss already opening wit
Father Charbel Abernethy
2 days ago5 min read
When We No Longer See
The terrible mercy of being led into exile “You have eyes to see, but see not; you have ears to hear, but hear not.” — Ezekiel 12:2 There is a blindness that comes not because there is no light, but because we have grown accustomed to not looking. There is a deafness that comes not because God has ceased speaking, but because we have learned how to hear everything except the word that would require us to change. This is the terrible warning in Ezekiel. The people have eyes. T
Father Charbel Abernethy
Sep 174 min read
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