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Prayers Before the Iconostasis - II
Before the Icon of Saint John Cassian O holy Father Cassian, you came to me quietly. Not with thunder. Not with visions. Not with the noise of those who speak much and know little. You came with the desert in your hands. You opened the mouths of the ancient fathers, and from them there flowed a wisdom severe and merciful, simple and fathomless. Through you I first heard men speak who had nothing left but God. Men stripped of argument, reputation, distraction, and self-love. M
Father Charbel Abernethy
Apr 232 min read
The Hedgehog of the Heart
On Inner Composure and the Gathering of the Mind in Prayer “The mind should be withdrawn from wandering and should be gathered together into the briefest possible formula of prayer.” St. John Cassian, Conferences Prayer does not begin with many words. It begins with gathering. St. John Cassian understood the human mind with an honesty that few spiritual writers dare to express. He saw how the thoughts scatter like birds startled from a field. They fly in every direction. Memo
Father Charbel Abernethy
Mar 43 min read
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