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The Stone That Is Not There
Running Toward the Empty Tomb When the Heart Says It Is Too Late “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen.” Luke 24:5 ⸻ Mary comes to the tomb while it is still dark. She comes not because she expects resurrection, but because love does not calculate. Love goes even when there is no reason left to go. The stone has been sealed. Death has spoken its final word. The body is gone from her life. Still she comes. This is the first movement of the r
Father Charbel Abernethy
Apr 54 min read
Sixty Years and the Sound of a Rooster - Part II
Warming at Another Fire “When they had kindled a fire of coals there… Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.” John 18:18 You would think at sixty a man would know the difference between warmth and fire. The rooster has already crowed once in my life. It crowed when I realized how much of my priesthood was constructed out of activity. It crowed when the doors closed, when requests were denied, when the scaffolding of identity began to fall. It crowed when I saw how often I
Father Charbel Abernethy
Feb 204 min read
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